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Developing Scholars - Race, Politics, and the Pursuit of Higher Education (Hardcover)
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Developing Scholars - Race, Politics, and the Pursuit of Higher Education (Hardcover)
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Over the past fifty years, debates concerning race and college
admissions have focused primarily on the policy of affirmative
action at elite institutions of higher education. But a less
well-known approach to affirmative action also emerged in the 1960s
in response to urban unrest and Black and Latino political
mobilization. The programs that emerged in response to community
demands offered a more radical view of college access: admitting
and supporting students who do not meet regular admissions
requirements and come from families who are unable to afford
college tuition, fees, and other expenses. While conventional views
of affirmative action policies focus on the "identification" of
high-achieving students of color to attend elite institutions of
higher education, these programs represent a community-centered
approach to affirmative action. This approach is based on a logic
of developing scholars who can be supported at their local public
institutions of higher education. In Developing Scholars, Domingo
Morel explores the history and political factors that led to the
creation of college access programs for students of color in the
1960s. Through a case study of an existing community-centered
affirmative action program, Talent Development, Morel shows how
protest, including violent protest, has been instrumental in the
maintenance of college access programs. He also reveals that in
response to the college expansion efforts of the 1960s, hidden
forms of restriction emerged that have significantly impacted
students of color. Developing Scholars argues that the origin,
history, and purpose of these programs reveal gaps in our
understanding of college access expansion in the US that challenge
conventional wisdom of American politics.
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