No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal : Race and Class in Elite College Admission and Campus Life /

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Against the backdrop of today's increasingly multicultural society, are America's elite colleges admitting and successfully educating a diverse student body? No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal pulls back the curtain on the selective college experience and takes a rigorous and comprehensive...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Espenshade, Thomas J. (Author)
Other Authors: Chung, Chang Young, Radford, Alexandria Walton, 1980-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Minderheit
Hochschule
Elite
Private universities and colleges > Admission.
Minority college students > Social conditions.
Minorities > Education (Higher)
Elite (Social sciences)
EDUCATION > Higher.
EDUCATION > Students & Student Life.
Élite (Sciences sociales) > États-Unis.
Minorites > Enseignement superieur > États-Unis.
Elite (Social sciences) > United States.
Private universities and colleges > United States > Admission.
Minority college students > United States > Social conditions.
Minorities > Education (Higher) > United States.
USA
United States.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preparing for college
  • What counts in being admitted?
  • The entering Freshman class
  • Mixing and mingling on campus
  • Academic performance
  • Shouldering the financial burden
  • Broader perspectives on the selective college experience
  • Do we still need affirmative action?
  • Where do we go from here?

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