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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Espenshade, Thomas J.
- 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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