The High-Status track : studies of elite schools and stratification / Paul William Kingston, Lionel S. Lewis, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kingston, Paul W., 1951-

Lewis, Lionel S. (Lionel Stanley)

Series:

SUNY series, frontiers in education.

SUNY series, frontiers in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Upper class--Education--United States.

Upper class.

Social status--United States.

Social status.

Power (Social sciences).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiv, 261 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c1990.

Summary:

The essays in this groundbreaking volume significantly advance our understanding of the process by which an elite school education provides graduates with distinctly favorable life chances. The authors examine the contemporary issue and controversy in the field of education (and society) which focuses on both the advantages and disadvantages of public versus private schooling. Those interested in issues of social stratification and its impact in the educational context will find this a useful and important contribution to the literature in the field. Paul Kingston is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia. Lionel Lewis is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at State University of New York at Buffalo.

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""TABLES AND FIGURES""; ""INTRODUCTION: STUDYING ELITE SCHOOLS IN AMERICA by Paul William Kingston and Lionel S. Lewis""; ""PART I: PREPARATORY SCHOOLS""; ""1. On the Making of Good Men: Character-Building in the New England Boarding Schools by Christopher F. Armstrong""; ""2. Chartering and Bartering: Elite Education and Social Reproduction and Caroline Hodges Persell and Peter W. Cookson, Jr.""; ""PART II: ELITE UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS""; ""3. Patterns of Upper-Class Education in Four American Cities: 1875�1975 by Richard Farnum""

""4. Prestige in the Ivy League: Democratization and Discrimination at Penn and Columbia, 1890-1970 by Richard Farnum"" ""5. Undergraduates at Elite Institutions: The Best, the Brightest, and the Richest by Paul William Kingston and Lionel S. Lewis""; ""6. Pathways to Attendance at the Elite Colleges by James C. Heard""; ""7. The Economic Pay-Off of Prestigious Colleges by Paul William Kingston and John C. Smart""; ""8. Pathways to Top Corporate Management Michael Useem by Jerome Karabel""; ""PART III: PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS""

""9. The Inside Tracks: Status Distinctions in Allocations to Elite Law Schools by Charles L. Cappell and Ronald M. Pipkin"" ""10. Getting on the Fast Track: Recruitment at an Elite Business School by Paul William Kingston and James G. Clawson""; ""INDEX OF AUTHORS""; ""SUBJECT INDEX""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4384-0912-5

0-585-05499-1