"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.