Managing Racial Inclusion: The Origins and Early Implementation of Affirmative Action Admissions at the University of Michigan

@article{Johnson2017ManagingRI,  title={Managing Racial Inclusion: The Origins and Early Implementation of Affirmative Action Admissions at the University of Michigan},  author={Matthew Johnson},  journal={Journal of Policy History},  year={2017},  volume={29},  pages={462 - 489},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:157653014}}
  • Matthew Johnson
  • Published1 July 2017
  • Political Science, Education, History
  • Journal of Policy History

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