Clayton, Mark, <br/><br/>
One University's Case for Race. 
Mark Clayton. 
 -  Christian Science Monitor,  2003. 
 - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.  Article 11,  Institutions,  1522-3256; .
<br/><br/> Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.  Originally Published: One University's Case for Race, April 1, 2003; pp. 15+. 
<br/><br/> "For 145 of its 177 years, the University of Virginia was a nearly all-white, all-male preserve, a Southern finishing school where a gentleman's 'C' was perfectly acceptable. It was also a place where, in February 1861, as the nation girded for civil war, students crept atop the school's famous Rotunda and hoisted a Confederate flag. And that's about where the affirmative-action era found Thomas Jefferson's university in 1969, still dragging its heels on civil rights, saddled with a history of segregation and unremarkable academic achievement. Fast-forward three decades to a new University of Virginia, dubbed the nation's top public university in 2000 and--amazingly enough--a leader in terms of racial diversity." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article examines how the claim by most selective universities in the US that "a richer ethnic mix on campus means a better education" plays out at the University of Virginia. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1522-3256; 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>University of Michigan<br/>University of Virginia
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Affirmative action programs<br/>Chronology--Historical<br/>Discrimination in higher education<br/>Education--Demographic aspects<br/>Multicultural education<br/>Pluralism (Social sciences)<br/>Reverse discrimination<br/>Universities and colleges--Admission
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>AC1.S5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>050