The shape of the river : long-term consequences of considering race in college and university admissions /

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First published in 1998, William Bowen and Derek Bok's The Shape of the River became an immediate landmark in the debate over affirmative action in America. It grounded a contentious subject in concrete data at a time when arguments surrounding it were characterized more by emotion than evidenc...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Bowen, William G. (Autor), Bok, Derek Curtis (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Edición:Twentieth anniversary edition.
Colección:William G. Bowen Ser.
Temas:
Universities and colleges > United States > Admission > Case studies.
Affirmative action programs in education > United States > Case studies.
African Americans > Education (Higher) > Case studies.
African American college graduates > Case studies.
Universités > États-Unis > Admission > Études de cas.
Programmes d'action positive en éducation > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Diplômés d'université noirs américains > Études de cas.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Affirmative action programs in education.
African American college graduates.
African Americans > Education (Higher)
Universities and colleges > Admission.
United States.
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. Historical Context; Chapter 2. The Admissions Process and ""Race-Neutrality; Chapter 3. Academic Outcomes; Chapter 4. Advanced Study: Graduate and Professional Degrees; Chapter 5. Employment, Earnings, and Job Satisfaction; Chapter 6. Civic Participation and Satisfaction with Life; Chapter 7. Looking Back: Views of College; Chapter 8. Diversity: Perceptions and Realities; Chapter 9. Informing the Debate; Chapter 10. Summing Up; Afterword; Appendix A. The College and Beyond Database.
  • Appendix B. Notes on MethodologyAppendix C. Earnings in Relation to Advanced Degrees, Sector of Employment, and Occupation; Appendix D. Additional Tables; References; Index.

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