Executive Order 99-281 (1999), commonly known as the "One Florida Initiative," abolished affirmative action policies in university admissions, state employment, and state contracting. This dissertation studies the impact that the implementation of this initiative has had on the admission, retention and graduation rates of minority students in Florida's university system. Quantitatively based trend analyses are used to examine changes in the university system during the ten years surrounding implementation. These analyses are supplemented by an examination of the programs put into place at each individual university in the absence of affirmative action and qualitatively-based interviews with four subject matter experts. Finally, a discussion of how these findings inform equity policies on a theoretical and on an empirical level is provided. / A Dissertation submitted to the Reubin O'D. Askew School of Public Administration
and Policy in partial fulfillments for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2010. / Date of Defense: March 22, 2010. / Social Equity, Education Policy, One Florida Initiative / Includes bibliographical references. / Mary E. Guy, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Lance DeHaven-Smith, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Dale Lick, University Representative; James Bowman, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_168817 |
| Contributors | Duffourc, Danielle (authoraut), Guy, Mary E. (professor co-directing dissertation), DeHaven-Smith, Lance (professor co-directing dissertation), Lick, Dale (university representative), Bowman, James (committee member), School of Public Administration and Policy (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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