In this article, I review the social science literature on racial fluidity, the idea that race is
flexible and impermanent. I trace the ongoing evolution of racial classifications and …

The use of race in college admissions is one of the most contentious issues in US higher
education. We survey the literature on the impact of racial preferences in college admissions …

I analyze how two reforms, introduced to expand college access in Brazil, impacted
enrollments of low-SES students. The first policy centralized applications in a nationwide …

This paper empirically studies the distributional consequences of affirmative action in the
context of a centralized college admission system. We examine the effects of a large-scale …

Nonfinancial barriers to college are an important possible explanation for socioeconomic,
racial, gender, and other gaps in college access and success. A sizeable economic …

Early research on the returns to higher education treated the postsecondary system as a
monolith. In reality, postsecondary education in the United States and around the world is …

Using detailed data on the 2008 graduating class from an elite engineering institution in
India, we evaluate the impact of affirmative action policies in higher education focusing on …

This paper investigates how the adoption of affirmative action for college admission affected
the enrollment of students from disadvantaged backgrounds in Brazil. We explore the time …

This book uses an intersectional approach to analyze the impact of the experience of race
on Afro-Brazilian political behavior in the cities of Salvador, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro …

No issue in American higher education is more contentious than that of race-based
affirmative action. In light of the ongoing debate around the topic and recent Supreme Court …