The Power of Privilege: Yale and America's Elite Colleges Paperback - 2007
by Joseph A. Soares
Soares examines the nexus between social class and admissions at Americas top colleges from the vantage point of Yale University. It is a documented history of the institutional gatekeepers, seeking to select tomorrows leadership class from among their economically privileged clientele.
From the rear cover
It is widely assumed that admission to elite U.S. universities is based solely on academic merit--the best and brightest are admitted to Harvard, Yale, and their peer institutions as determined by test scores and GPA, and not by lineage or family income. But does reality support those expectations? Or are admissions governed by a logic that rewards socioeconomic status while disguising it as personal merit?
The Power of Privilege examines the nexus between social class and admissions at America's top colleges from the vantage point of Yale University, a key actor in the history of higher education. It is a documented history of the institutional gatekeepers, confident of the validity of socially biased measures of merit, seeking to select tomorrow's leadership class from among their economically privileged clientele. Acceptance in prestigious colleges still remains beyond the reach of most students except those from high-income professional families. Ultimately, the author suggests reforms that would move America's top schools toward becoming genuine academic meritocracies.
From the jacket flap
It is widely assumed that admission to elite U.S. universities is based solely on academic merit--the best and brightest are admitted to Harvard, Yale, and their peer institutions as determined by test scores and GPA, and not by lineage or family income. But does reality support those expectations? Or are admissions governed by a logic that rewards socioeconomic status while disguising it as personal merit?
The Power of Privilege examines the nexus between social class and admissions at America's top colleges from the vantage point of Yale University, a key actor in the history of higher education. It is a documented history of the institutional gatekeepers, confident of the validity of socially biased measures of merit, seeking to select tomorrow's leadership class from among their economically privileged clientele. Acceptance in prestigious colleges still remains beyond the reach of most students except those from high-income professional families. Ultimately, the author suggests reforms that would move America's top schools toward becoming genuine academic meritocracies.
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- Title The Power of Privilege: Yale and America's Elite Colleges
- Author Joseph A. Soares
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA
- Date 2007-03-28
- ISBN 9780804756389 / 0804756384
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.96 x 6.54 x 0.55 in (22.76 x 16.61 x 1.40 cm)
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Themes
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Education
- Library of Congress subjects Universities and colleges - United States -, Education, Higher - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006100226
- Dewey Decimal Code 378.161
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