Martin Belsky

 

Selected Resources for Martin Belsky

“Factions lining up for battle on affirmative action proposal”, Tulsa World, BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau, Published: 11/6/2011.http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=336&articleid=20111106_16_A24_OKLAHO96167  Accessed Nov 17, 2011. OKLAHOMA CITY - Several organizations are forming a coalition to oppose a state question that would abolish affirmative action in the public sector.  State Question 759, expected to appear on the November 2012 ballot, would abolish affirmative action public employment, contracting and education, with some exceptions.

“The Never-Ending Battle Over Affirmative Action at the University of Michigan”, Submitted by Billy Corriher on July 18, 2011, Harvard Law and Policy Review Blog. http://hlpronline.com/2011/07/the-never-ending-battle-over-affirmative-action-at-the-university-of-michigan/Accessed on Nov 17, 2011. A recent decision from the Sixth Circuit provides a new chapter in the long legal battle over affirmative action at Michigan’s public universities.

Peter Hinrichs, “The Effects of Affirmative Action Bans on College Enrollment, Educational Attainment, and the Demographic Composition of Universities”,  Georgetown Public Policy Institute, October 28, 2010. http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/plh24/hinrichs_aff_action.pdf  Accessed on Nov 17, 2011.

Two new studies from the Georgetown Public Policy Institute — the first to compare states with and without affirmative action bans and before and after they went into effect — suggest just how big the impact may be at the most selective schools.

Sample Assignment - Martin Belsky

Respond to the following essay prompts

• Defend or refute the statement that affirmative action indeed helps "level the playing field" for poor underrepresented students.
• Do affirmative action policies automatically generate a condition of reverse discrimination or are there other factors in play