The Walls around Opportunity: The Failure of Colorblind Policy for Higher Education

Author:   Gary Orfield ,  Gary Orfield
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
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9780691239194


Pages:   392
Publication Date:   16 April 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Gary Orfield ,  Gary Orfield
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
ISBN:  

9780691239194


ISBN 10:   0691239193
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   16 April 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available, will be POD   Availability explained
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"""A thorough, unflinching look at what it would take to eradicate racial barriers in American higher education. . . . [The book] finds clear directions within a complex issue and makes a robust case for centering race in higher education policy."" * Library Journal * ""Anyone who seeks to understand policies and structures that have generated and continue to reinforce racial stratification in the US, and who believes that the past can inform the present and guide the future, will find the book to be a worthy read.""---Pamela R. Bennett, Ethnic and Race Studies ""[The Walls Around Opportunity] provides compelling evidence that the educational policy implementation practices begun by former President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration . . . were effectively undercut by the color-blind methodologies introduced by President Ronald Reagan and perpetuated by subsequent presidents. . . . Orfield argues that the current bleak conditions can be overcome through bold action and offers a toolkit of strategies . . . to reform education in the US and restore meaningful opportunities."" * Choice *"


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Gary Orfield is professor of education, law, political science, and urban planning at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he codirects the Civil Rights Project, one of the nation’s leading centers for civil rights research. His many books include Educational Delusions? and Dismantling Desegregation.

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