Gary Orfield

A native Minnesotan, Orfield received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and travels annually to Latin America.[4] He graduated from the University of Minnesota,[5] was a graduate student at the University of Chicago, where he received both an MA and a Ph.D.[1] Orfield is interested in the study of civil rights, education policy, urban policy, and minority opportunity.[8] In addition to many studies of desegregation, Orfield is an author or editor of many books and reports including: Dropouts in America, Lessons in Integration, Higher Education and the Color Line, and spoken out for affirmative action and against standardized testing, and particularly the use of test scores to deny high school graduation in the book, Raising Standards or Raising Barriers.Recent works include studies of changing patterns of school desegregation and the impact of diversity on the educational experiences of law students.[5] He is the older brother of Myron Orfield,[4] a legal scholar at the University of Minnesota Law School.
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