| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第10-20页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第20-33页 |
| 1.1 The Purpose and Significance of the Research | 第20-23页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第23-33页 |
| 1.2.1 The research status of affirmative action | 第23-28页 |
| 1.2.1.1 Definition of affirmative action | 第23-24页 |
| 1.2.1.2 Research abroad | 第24-26页 |
| 1.2.1.3 Research in China | 第26-28页 |
| 1.2.2 The research status on educational equity | 第28-33页 |
| 1.2.2.1 Definition of educational equity | 第29页 |
| 1.2.2.2 Research abroad | 第29-31页 |
| 1.2.2.3 Research in China | 第31-33页 |
| CHAPTER TWO THEORETICAL BASIS OF THE THESIS | 第33-41页 |
| 2.1 Views of Equity | 第33-38页 |
| 2.1.1 The equitable views: Liberalism, equalitarianism, and utilitarianism | 第34-36页 |
| 2.1.2 Application of views of equity in public policy | 第36-38页 |
| 2.2 Rawls’s Principles of Justice | 第38-41页 |
| 2.2.1 Main contents of Rawls’s principles of justice | 第38-39页 |
| 2.2.2 Application of principles of justice in the field of education | 第39-41页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ABOLITION OFAFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY | 第41-63页 |
| 3.1 The Establishment of Affirmative Action: Executive Order 11246 in 1964 | 第41-49页 |
| 3.1.1 The background of affirmative action | 第41-47页 |
| 3.1.1.1 The promotion of the Civil Rights Movement: From Rosa’s protest tothe demonstration in Birmingham | 第42-43页 |
| 3.1.1.2 The efforts of the administrations: From Kennedy to Johnson | 第43-47页 |
| 3.1.2 The significance of affirmative action | 第47-49页 |
| 3.2 The Challenge of Affirmative Action: The Regents of the University of Californiav. Bakke in 1978 | 第49-54页 |
| 3.2.1 An introduction to the case | 第49-51页 |
| 3.2.2 The focus of argument of the Federal Supreme Court | 第51-53页 |
| 3.2.2.1 The standard of ethnic classification | 第51-52页 |
| 3.2.2.2 The objection of preferential treatment | 第52-53页 |
| 3.2.2.3 The way of achieving diversification | 第53页 |
| 3.2.3 The reflections on the regents of the University of California v. Bakke | 第53-54页 |
| 3.3 Abolition of Affirmative Action: Proposition 209 in 1996 | 第54-63页 |
| 3.3.1 The content of Proposition 209 | 第55页 |
| 3.3.2 The reasons for the passage of Proposition 209 | 第55-59页 |
| 3.3.2.1 The rising voice of opposing affirmative action | 第55-57页 |
| 3.3.2.2 Influence of increasing immigrants | 第57-58页 |
| 3.3.2.3 The development of conservative forces | 第58-59页 |
| 3.3.3 The focus of argument: The fairness of affirmative action | 第59-61页 |
| 3.3.3.1 The opinions of the supporters | 第59-60页 |
| 3.3.3.2 The views of the opponents | 第60-61页 |
| 3.3.4 The influences of Proposition 209 | 第61-63页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR THE REVIVAL AND CONTINUATION OF AFFIRMATIVEACTION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY | 第63-70页 |
| 4.1 The Revival of Affirmative Action: SCA-5 in 2014 | 第63-64页 |
| 4.1.1 The background of SCA-5 | 第63-64页 |
| 4.1.2 The content of SCA-5 | 第64页 |
| 4.2 The Continuation of Affirmative Action: AB-1726 in 2016 | 第64-66页 |
| 4.2.1 The content of AB-1726 | 第65页 |
| 4.2.2 The response to AB-1726 | 第65-66页 |
| 4.3 The Reflection of SCA-5 and AB-1726 | 第66-70页 |
| 4.3.1 “Double admission standards” for minority groups in universities | 第66-67页 |
| 4.3.2 A new round of discrimination against Asian Americans | 第67-70页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE ANALYSIS OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN EQUITY OFAMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION | 第70-78页 |
| 5.1 Equity in American Higher Education Based on Affirmative Action | 第70-72页 |
| 5.2 Positive Influences of Affirmative Action on American Higher Education | 第72-74页 |
| 5.2.1 The compensation of justice | 第72-73页 |
| 5.2.2 The improvement of the social status of minority groups | 第73-74页 |
| 5.3 Negative Influences of Affirmative Action on American Higher Education | 第74-78页 |
| 5.3.1 Stigmatization | 第74-75页 |
| 5.3.2 Racial conflicts | 第75-78页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第78-80页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第80-86页 |
| 攻读学位期间取得的研究成果 | 第86-88页 |
| 个人简况及联系方式 | 第88-89页 |
