Unequal colleges in the age of disparity /

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, b...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Clotfelter, Charles T. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Universities and colleges > United States.
Universities and colleges > United States > Sociological aspects.
Education, Higher > Economic aspects > United States.
Educational equalization > United States.
College students > United States > Economic conditions.
College students > United States > Social conditions.
Universités > États-Unis.
Universités > États-Unis > Aspect sociologique.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement > États-Unis.
Étudiants > États-Unis > Conditions économiques.
Étudiants > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
EDUCATION / Higher
College students > Economic conditions.
College students > Social conditions.
Education, Higher > Economic aspects.
Educational equalization.
Universities and colleges.
Universities and colleges > Sociological aspects.
College
Ungleichheit
United States.
USA.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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
  • Table A.2 The dwindling share of places at elite colleges
  • Notes.

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