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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1029285332 Title: The chosen : the hidden history of admission and exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton Author: Jerome Karabel Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005. OCLC:1029285332

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The chosen : the hidden history of admission and exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton

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The chosen : the hidden history of admission and exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton

Author:	Jerome Karabel
Publisher:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	The author presents the findings of his survey of admissions at Princeton, revealing a century of exclusion that cuts to the core of the American experience, while raising questions about the stratification of higher education in America.
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Subjects	Harvard University -- Admission. Princeton University -- Admission. Yale University -- Admission. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	History
Material Type:	Document, Internet resource
Document Type:	Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors:	Jerome Karabel Find more information about:
OCLC Number:	1029285332
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 711 pages : illustrations)
Contents:	Part I: The origins of selective admissions, 1900-1933 -- Elite education and the protestant ethos -- The big three before selective admissions -- Harvard and the battle over restriction -- The "Jewish problem" at Yale and Princeton -- Part II: The struggle over meritocracy, 1933-1965 -- Harvard's Conant: the man and his ideals -- The reality of admissions under Conant -- Reluctant reform comes to Yale -- Princeton: the club expands its membership -- Wilbur Bender and his legacy -- Tradition and change at old Nassau -- Yale: from insularity to inclusion -- Part III: Inclusion and the persistence of privilege, 1965-2005 -- Inky Clark, Kingman Brewster and the revolution at Yale -- Racial conflict and the incorporation of Blacks -- Coeducation and the struggle for gender equality -- The alumni revolt at Yale and Princeton -- Diversity, the Bakke case, and the defense of autonomy -- Money, the market ethos, and the struggle for position -- The battle over merit.
Responsibility:	Jerome Karabel.
More information:	Sample text Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description openlibrary.org openlibrary.org

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The author presents the findings of his survey of admissions at Princeton, revealing a century of exclusion that cuts to the core of the American experience, while raising questions about the stratification of higher education in America.

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