October 11, 2009
Affirmative Action, Brazilian-Style
Douglas Engle
State officials have vowed to appeal a court ruling that ordered the State U. of Rio de Janeiro to halt its affirmative-action plan. Above, students and visitors gather on the university’s Rio campus.
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Douglas Engle
State officials have vowed to appeal a court ruling that ordered the State U. of Rio de Janeiro to halt its affirmative-action plan. Above, students and visitors gather on the university’s Rio campus.
Six years after Brazilian universities began embracing affirmative action, higher education in Brazil is no longer the domain of a mostly white elite.
Since 2003 more than 1,300 institutions of higher education have adopted quotas for Afro-Brazilians and graduates of public high schools. The government has also created 10 public universities and dozens of new campuses in poor areas in an effort to expand access to higher education for the underprivileged.
But the debate over
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