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The power of privilege : Yale and America's elite colleges / Joseph A. Soares.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Soares, Joseph A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yale University.
- Universities and colleges--United States--Admission.
- Universities and colleges.
- United States.
- Education, Higher--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Elite (Social sciences)--United States.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- Yale University--Admission.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 238 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- The Power of Privilege examines the nexus between social class and admissions at Americas 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 tomorrows leadership class from among their economically privileged clientele.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804756372
- 0804756376
- 9780804756389
- 0804756384
- OCLC:
- 76925194
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