On the Basis of Race: How Higher Education Navigates Affirmative Action Policies

**How universities can navigate affirmative action bans to protect diversity in student admissions**Diversity in higher education is under attack as the Supreme Court considers the future of affirmative action, or race-conscious admissions practices, at American colleges and universities. In __On the Basis of Race__, Lauren S. Foley sheds light on our current crisis, exploring the past, present, and future of this contentious policy.From Brown v. Board of Education in the mid-twentieth century to the current Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Foley explores how organizations have resisted and complied with public policies regarding race. She examines how admissions officers, who have played an important role in the long fight to protect racial diversity in higher education, work around the law to maintain diversity after affirmative action is banned. Foley takes us behind the curtain of student admissions, shedding light on how multiple universities, including the University of Michigan, have creatively responded to affirmative action bans. __On the Basis of Race__ traces the history of a controversial idea and policy, and provides insight into its uncertain future. How universities can navigate affirmative action bans to protect diversity in student admissions Diversity in higher education is under attack as the Supreme Court considers the future of affirmative action, or race-conscious admissions practices, at American colleges and universities. In On the Basis of Race , Lauren S. Foley sheds light on our current crisis, exploring the past, present, and future of this contentious policy. From Brown v. Board of Education in the mid-twentieth century to the current Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill , Foley explores how organizations have resisted and complied with public policies regarding race. She examines how admissions officers, who have played an important role in the long fight to protect racial diversity in higher education, work around the law to maintain diversity after affirmative action is banned. Foley takes us behind the curtain of student admissions, shedding light on how multiple universities, including the University of Michigan, have creatively responded to affirmative action bans. On the Basis of Race traces the history of a controversial idea and policy, and provides insight into its uncertain future. Contents Maps and Family Trees Figures Prologue 1 Fonts 2 Pérez 3 Four Brothers 4 Colonel Fonts 5 Amparo 6 Here Come the Americans 7 Chaparra 8 General Cigar 9 Oscar and Nancy 10 Life in Havana 11 Tano 12 Birth and Deaths 13 An (American) Childhood 14 New Year, New Cuba 15 Stamps Epilogue Acknowledgments Appendix: Colonel Fonts’s Black Beans Notes Bibliography Index About the Author