Unequal Colleges in the Age of Disparity / Charles T. Clotfelter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clotfelter, Charles T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--United States.

Universities and colleges.

Universities and colleges--United States--Sociological aspects.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

It is commonly supposed that colleges help to reduce inequality by providing paths for individuals to rise beyond modest origins. Reviewing evidence from more than 1,000 colleges, elite and not, the author argues that baccalaureate education's power to reduce inequality has actually declined, because the colleges themselves have become more unequal. Unequal Colleges in the Age of Disparity describes the market for baccalaureate education over the last four decades, paying attention to both the demand side and supply side of the market. It is an historical analysis of a large and variegated industry, described in terms - such as "firm," "consumer," and "market power" - rarely applied to it, that explain this increasing inequality.-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Part I. Context

1. Unequal Colleges

2. System, Industry, or Crazy Quilt?

3. Snapshot, Circa 1970

4. Outside Forces

Part II. Supply

5. The Inequality Dividend

6. Zero-Sum Competition

7. Evolution in the Core Business

Part III. Demand

8. Scholastic Segregation

9. Economic Stratification

10. Sorting by Seriousness

11. Sorting by Belief ?

Part IV. Consequences

12. Outcomes

13. Why It Matters

Appendix: Table A.1 Shares by College Category of Total Undergraduate Enrollment in 1,157 Four-Year Institutions

Appendix: Table A.2 The Dwindling Share of Places at Elite Colleges

Notes

References

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Aug 2018)

ISBN:

9780674982512

0674982517

9780674982499

0674982495

OCLC:

1054865493