Between Race and Class in Affirmative Action: Insights From a Comparative Study. (Alon)

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 8:00am

103 McNeil Building

"Between Race and Class in Affirmative Action:  Insights From a Comparative Study"

Speaker: Sigal Alon, Ph.D., Tel Aviv University, 2012-13 Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar

Using data from the United States, four Israeli universities, and simulated models, Alon compares race- and class-based affirmative action policies and assesses their effects on diversity and on the socioeconomic mobility of disadvantaged groups.