Race, structure, and state governments: The politics of higher education diversity Academic Article

abstract

• This paper examines the politics of higher education diversity for both African Americans and Latinos, by investigating how the structure of the bureaucracy affects the relationship between descriptive and substantive representation. The key theoretical determinants of minority college enrollments are legislative representation, bureaucratic structure, university-level policies, and restrictions on affirmative action. A hierarchical linear model of 500+ universities over an 11-year period shows that each of these factors affects minority enrollments. 2008 Southern Political Science Association 2008.

authors

• Meier, Kenneth

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF POLITICS

author list (cited authors)

• Hicklin, A., & Meier, K. J.

citation count

• 28

complete list of authors

• Hicklin, Alisa||Meier, Kenneth J

publication date

• July 2008

publisher

• University Of Chicago Press  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Politics  Journal

keywords

• 44 Human Society
• 4408 Political Science

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1017/S0022381608080808

URI

• https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/182229

start page

• 851

end page

• 860

volume

• 70

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022381608080808