Do the Minority Students Benefit from Affirmative Action Policy in School Choice Markets?: Reconsidered

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taisuke Matsubae
Keyword(s):  
Affirmative Action ◽  
School Choice ◽  
Minority Students ◽  
Affirmative Action Policy ◽  
Action Policy

Large-Scale Affirmative Action in School Choice: Admissions to IITs in India

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 210-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orhan Aygün ◽  
Bertan Turhan
Keyword(s):  
Affirmative Action ◽  
School Choice ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Theoretical Solution ◽  
Affirmative Action Policy ◽  
Engineering School ◽  
Action Policy ◽  
Current Mechanism

We provide a real-life application of a large scale affirmative action policy in school choice in the context of engineering school admissions in India where students not only care about what program they are matched to but also what type of seat category they are admitted under. We explain the market and the mechanism currently in use. Two significant shortcomings of the current mechanism are explained. The affirmative action policy in use leaves many seats vacant even though there are students who would take these seats. We provide the insight of a potential matching-theoretical solution to these problems.

scholarly journals Black middle managers' experience of affirmative action in a media company

2006 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barnard B Motileng ◽  
Claire Wagner ◽  
Nafisa Cassimjee
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Middle Managers ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Affirmative Action Policy ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Shared Culture ◽  
Action Policy ◽  
Media Company

Affirmative action remains one of the most highly sensitive, emotive and hotly debated subjects in South Africa. It is nevertheless an important legislated strategy that needs to be thoroughly researched and constructively debated to bring change to the lives of previously disadvantaged individuals. The present study describes how five black middle managers experience affirmative action at a media company. Emphasis was placed on how these managers define affirmative action, whether they feel that others question their abilities because of this policy, and the extent to which affirmative action affects their job satisfaction and commitment to the organisation. Results of the study revealed that participants experienced affirmative action positively as a mechanism that provides employment opportunities, but encounter many challenges and obstacles. These problems can be addressed by sustained commitment from organisations to make the function of the affirmative action policy explicit and to create a shared culture in the workplace. Opsomming Regstellende aksie is tans ’n sensitiewe saak wat vurige debat en emosies in Suid Afrika uitlok. Dit is egter ’n belangrike wetlike strategie wat deeglik nagevors en konstruktief gedebatteer moet word om verandering in die lewens van vorige benadeeldes te bring. Die huidige studie beskryf hoe vyf middelvlak bestuurders regstellende aksie by ’n mediamaatskappy beleef het. Klem word geplaas op hoe hierdie bestuurders regstellende aksie definieer, of hulle voel dat ander hul vaardighede betwyfel as gevolg van hierdie beleid, en die mate waartoe regstellende aksie hul werksbevrediging en verbintenis tot die organisasie beïnvloed. Resultate wys dat die deelnemers regstellende aksie positief beleef het as ’n meganisme wat werksgeleenthede skep maar data heelwat uitdagings en struikelblokke beleef word. Hierdie probleme kan aangespreek word deur volgehoue verbintenis van organisasies om die regstellende aksie beleid meer eksplisiet te maak en ’n gedeelde kultuur in die werkplek te skep.

Measuring and Interpreting Expressed Affect Toward Affirmative Action Policy

2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 87-104
Author(s):  
John H. Noble ◽  
Barbara Bailey-Etta ◽  
Anita H. Reed ◽  
Joseph A. Zogby
Keyword(s):  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Affirmative Action Policy ◽  
Action Policy

Type of affirmative action policy: A determinant of reactions to sex-based preferential selection?

1998 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeline E. Heilman ◽  
William S. Battle ◽  
Chris E. Keller ◽  
R. Andrew Lee
Keyword(s):  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Affirmative Action Policy ◽  
Preferential Selection ◽  
Action Policy

From Moon to Mortal: Affirmative Action Policy in New Orleans

1980 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 40-48
Author(s):  
Maurice Woodard ◽  
Lenneal Henderson ◽  
Edward Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Affirmative Action ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Affirmative Action Policy ◽  
Action Policy
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