Affirmative Action in China and the U.S.: A Dialogue on Inequality and Minority Education

Introduction; A.Maxwell Hill & M.Zhou PART I: DEBATING CHINA'S POSITIVE POLICIES: HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS AND CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE Mandarins, Marxists, and Minorities; W.Connor Tracking the Historical Development of China's Positive Policies or Preferential Policies for Minority Education: Continuities and Discontinuities; M.Zhou Minority Policies and Equality in College Admission Examinations in China; T.Wang Preferential Policies for Ethnic Minorities and Equality in Higher Education in China; X.Teng & X.Ma Yunnan's Preferential Policies in Minority Education Since the 1980s: Retrospect and Prospects; Y.Dai & C.Xu PART II: BETWEEN STATE EDUCATION AND LOCAL CULTURES Compulsory Education in the Eastern Tibetan Areas: A Field Survey in Kangding and Machu Counties; Gelek Tibetan Students Perspectives on/ Neidi/ Schools; G.Postiglione, B.Jiao & N.Tsering School Consolidation in Rural Sichuan: Quality Vs. Equality; C.Y.Chan & S.Harrell PART III: BETWEEN MARKET COMPETITIVENESS AND CULTURAL/LINGUISTIC IDENTITIES The Trade Culture of a Hui Community and Local Education: An Anthropological Case Study; M.Xiaoyi Issues of Minority Education in Xinjiang China; R.Ma Using Yugur in Local Schools: Reflections on China's Policy for Minority Language and Education; Z.Ba PART IV: GLOBALIZING THE DISCOURSE ON INEQUALITY AND EDUCATION Natives and Nation: Assimilation and Indigenous Peoples in China and the U.S.; A.Maxwell Hill Affirmative Action, Civil Rights and Racial Preferences in the United States: Some General Observations; E.Hu-DeHart Learning about Equality: Affirmative Action, College Admissions, and the Law of the United States; D.Edlin