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Reconsidering The Remedy Of Gender Quotas, Tracy Thomas
Reconsidering The Remedy Of Gender Quotas, Tracy Thomas
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When newly-elected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked by surprised reporters why he appointed women as fifty percent of his new cabinet, he responded simply, “Because it’s 2015.” Just because. Because it’s time. In fact, he suggested, it is long past time for having to justify including women as one-half of the power structure when women constitute one-half of the population. And it’s time for meaningful change in shared governance by something as pragmatically simple as selecting fifteen women and fifteen men for appointments.
Similarly, it is long past time for justifying the need to reform American institutions that …
Riding Into The Sunset In A "Post-Racial" World: Lessons In Equal Educational Opportunity And College Admissions Schemes In France And The United States, Kristen Barnes
Con Law Center Articles and Publications
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and compare two strategies designed to promote ethno-racial inclusion that were initiated in France and the United States in the context of higher education. In particular, I examine the Priority Education Agreements Program or CEP, an innovative affirmative action program which was implemented in 2001 by the Sciences Po, one of France’s elite universities, in relation to the Texas Ten Percent Plan that was established in 1997 in the United States by the State of Texas.
Sections I and II of this paper will provide the historical and social contexts in which …