Selling Hope and College : Merit, Markets, and Recruitment in an Unranked School /

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"Admission to selective institutions, where extremely fine distinctions are made, is characterized by heated public debates about whether standardized exams, high school transcripts, essays, recommendation letters, or interviews best indicate which prospective students are 'worthy.' A...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Posecznick, Alexander (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Universities and colleges > Admission.
Universities and colleges > Administration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Universites > États-Unis > Admission.
Universities and colleges > United States > Administration.
Universities and colleges > United States > Admission.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An uncertain beginning
  • Merit and American higher education
  • How to sell hope and mobility
  • It's all about the numbers
  • Being a "real" college in America
  • Financing education and the crisis of sustainability
  • An uncertain future: whither Ravenwood College?

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