Review of Race, Class, and Affirmative Action: College Admissions in a New Era, by Julie J. Park
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This volume investigates the recent higher education policy debates concerning how selective colleges and universities should pursue equity after the Supreme Court of United States’s (SCOTUS) 2023 ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina.
Author Biography
Yingyuan Sun, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Yingyuan Sun is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Educational Policy, Research, and Administration at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her work explores how mentorship, institutional structures, and generative AI shape students’ academic identity trajectories and identity development. Since 2021, she has served as a graduate research assistant, administrative associate, and co-coordinator of the Youth Board at the Center of Racial Justice and Youth-engaged Research, UMass Amherst, co-creating a youth-centered space with/for high school students in Western Massachusetts and neighboring areas. Her current research examines youth leadership development, youth participatory action research 2.0, and the publication-socialization experiences of international doctoral students. Her work has been presented at the American Educational Research Association and the Comparative and International Education Society. She serves as chair of publicity and communications for the Journal of Equity & Excellence in Education, and as an executive member of the AERA Division G graduate committee. Moreover, she is also a Co-PI for the SUMERU: One Thought, One Thousand Worlds, an interdisciplinary, education- and research-oriented transmedia interactive narrative and serious game project with Northeastern University.
References
Guinier, L. (2015). The tyranny of the meritocracy: Democratizing higher education in America. Beacon Press.
Park, J. J. (2013). When diversity drops: Race, religion, and affirmative action in higher education. Rutgers University Press.
Park, J. J. (2018). Race on campus: Debunking myths with data. Harvard Education Press.
Warikoo, N. K. (2016). The diversity bargain: And other dilemmas of race, admissions, and meritocracy at elite universities. University of Chicago Press.
Warikoo, N. K. (2022). Is affirmative action fair? The myth of equity in college admissions. Polity Press.
[Book reviewed] Park, J. J. (2026). Race, class, and affirmative action: College admissions in a new era. Harvard Education Press.
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