Recent atkinson_papers_race items

Perspective on Diversity: UC Is Unwaveringly Committed

Mon, 9 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Opinion piece on UC’s efforts to achieve diversity without the use of race and ethnicity as factors in admissions.

The California Crucible: Demography, Excellence, and Access at the University of California

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Keynote address at the 2001 International Assembly of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, San Francisco, July 2, 2001.

After 209: Now We Must Raise Achievement of K–12 Kids

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Opinion piece about UC’s efforts to support K-12 education.

Admission to the University of California

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Opinion piece about the challenges of expanding opportunities for students without regard to race and ethnicity, published in the San Francisco Chronicle, April 1, 1998. Reprinted in the Los Angeles Daily News, the Santa Barbara News-Press, and the Oakland Tribune.

California's Outreach

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

California's Outreach

Diversity: Not There Yet

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Opinion piece about UC’s experience with the elimination of race and ethnicity in admissions.

Opportunity in a Democratic Society: Race and Economic Status in Higher Education

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

In July 1995, the University of California\'s Board of Regents voted to ban consideration of race and ethnicity in admissions and employment—a ban that was extended to all state agencies when the voters of California approved Proposition 209 in November 1996. This paper discusses the national controversy over affirmative action and analyzes the experience of the University of California as a case study in how an elite public university responded to the end of nearly three decades of affirmative action. It concludes that profound social and demographic change in American society since the 1960s, especially the growth of income inequality, requires a rethinking of affirmative action, and of how the goal of diversity can be achieved in elite public universities.