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No longer separate, not yet equal : race and class in elite college admission and campus life / Thomas J. Espenshade and Alexandria Walton Radford ; in collaboration with Chang Young Chung.

Van Pelt Library LC3731 .E86 2009
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Espenshade, Thomas J.
Contributor:
Radford, Alexandria Walton, 1980-
Chung, Chang Young.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States.
Minorities.
Minorities--Education (Higher).
Private universities and colleges.
Minority college students.
Social conditions.
United States.
Minority college students--United States--Social conditions.
Private universities and colleges--United States--Admission.
Elite (Social sciences)--United States.
Elite (Social sciences).
Physical Description:
xviii, 547 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2009]
Contents:
Chapter 1 Overview 1
Chapter 2 Preparing for College 14
Chapter 3 What Counts in Being Admitted? 62
Chapter 4 The Entering Freshman Class 130
Chapter 5 Mixing and Mingling on Campus 176
Chapter 6 Academic Performance 226
Chapter 7 Shouldering the Financial Burden 263
Chapter 8 Broader Perspectives on the Selective College Experience 298
Chapter 9 Do We Still Need Affirmative Action? 339
Chapter 10 Where Do We Go from Here? 378.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780691141602
0691141606
OCLC:
302414486

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