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A Forward Glance in a Mirror: Diversity Challenged—Access, Equity, and Success in Higher Education

Higher Education at the University of California, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, 3101A Moore Hall, P.O. Box 951521, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521; allen{at}gseis.ucla.edu. He is also a Professor of Sociology and co-director of CHOICES, a longitudinal study of college attendance among African Americans and Latinos/Latinas in California. His research and teaching focus on higher education, inequality, race-ethnicity, African American males, and socialization

Affirmative action addresses disparities in higher education. Recent trends threaten gains, resegregation is underway nationally. California outlawed affirmative action, the quality of K–12 education is declining, and prison construction is soaring. African American and Latino participation in higher education has declined; both groups are overrepresented in prisons and among the poor. Opponents pretend affirmative action threatens academic quality and promotes reverse discrimination. In fact, economic instability spurs efforts to defend status quo privilege. There is a clash of national ideologies, the American Dream versus White supremacy. Higher education must be a model for society in promoting equity, excellence, and diversity.

Educational Researcher, Vol. 34, No. 7, 18-23 (2005)
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X034007018


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