An edition of The price of admission (2007)

The price of admission

how America's ruling class buys its way into elite colleges--and who gets left outside the gates

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The price of admission
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The price of admission

how America's ruling class buys its way into elite colleges--and who gets left outside the gates

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Three Rivers Press
Language
English
Pages
334

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Admission, College choice, Costs, Education, Higher, Higher Education, Universities and colleges, Universities and colleges, united states, Universities and colleges, admission, Education, higher, united states

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The price of admission: how America's ruling class buys its way into elite colleges--and who gets left outside the gates
2007, Three Rivers Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction : the Tennessee waltz
How the "z-list" makes the a-list : Harvard's payback for big donors
Recruiting the rich : development admits at Duke
The fame factor : celebrity children at Brown
Enduring legacies : Notre Dame's other tradition
Title IX and the rise of the upper-class recruited athlete : fencing, crew, and polo scholarships
A break for faculty brats : free and easy entry for the children of professors
The new Jews : Asian Americans need not apply
The legacy establishment : taking on Congress and the higher education lobby
The challenge of wealth-blind admissions : how Caltech raises standards
and donations
Ending the preferences of privilege : suggestions for reform.

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LB2351.2 .G65 2006b, LB2351.2 .G65 2007, LB2351.2.G65 2007

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334 p. ;
Number of pages
334

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OL18018292M
ISBN 13
9781400097975
LCCN
2007282190
OCLC/WorldCat
148996763
LibraryThing
1531151
Goodreads
476222

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OL12304276W

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