Inside graduate admissions : merit, diversity, and faculty gatekeeping /

"How does graduate admissions work? Who does the system work for, and who falls through its cracks? More people than ever seek graduate degrees, but little has been written about who gets in and why. Drawing on firsthand observations of admission committees and interviews with faculty in 10 top...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Posselt, Julie R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Temas:
Universities and colleges > United States > Graduate work > Admission.
Discrimination in higher education > United States.
Minorities > Education (Higher) > United States.
Universities and colleges > United States > Faculty.
Teacher participation in administration > United States.
School Admission Criteria
Education, Graduate
Social Discrimination
Minority Groups > education
Universités > États-Unis > Études des 2e et 3e cycles > Admission.
Discrimination dans l'enseignement supérieur > États-Unis.
Minorités > Enseignement supérieur > États-Unis.
Universités > États-Unis > Corps enseignant.
Enseignants > Participation à l'administration > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
EDUCATION > Administration > Higher.
Discrimination in higher education
Minorities > Education (Higher)
Teacher participation in administration
Universities and colleges > Faculty
Universities and colleges > Graduate work > Admission
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Gatekeeping reconsidered
  • Decision making as deliberative bureaucracy
  • Meanings of merit and diversity
  • Disciplinary logics
  • Mirror, mirror
  • The search for intelligent life
  • International students and ambiguities of holistic review
  • Conclusion: Merit beyond the mirror.

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