First Article on Higher Education in the United States

12. Affirmative Action in United States Higher Education:
Moving Forward or Falling Back?

by Amanda W. Schimunek

Amanda Schimunek is the first to publish an article about higher education in the United States of America on e-MaHE.com. In her paper for the Gender and Change Management module, Amanda identifies the effects of affirmative action on women in United States higher education.

The paper presents a review and discussion of affirmative action in the United States. It begins with a brief history by introducing relevant legislation and moves into a discussion of the changing dynamics of affirmative action from the initial enthusiasm (and the initial resistance) of the 1960’s and 1970’s to the “backlash” of the 1990’s to the rather ambiguous undercurrents of the first few years of the new millennium. The main focus of the discussion is the consequences of affirmative action and an assessment of the positive and negative implications of those consequences.

Amanda is a student in MAHE since 2008, and is espacially interested in teaching and teacher education, international student support/study abroad, linguistics, language and language acquisition. Please find more information about Amanda on the Community page.

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