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Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
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Comparative Guide to American Colleges for Students, Parents, and Counselors
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Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
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Comparative Guide to American Colleges for Students, Parents, and Counselors
Author: James Cass
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Comparative Guide to American Colleges
Author: James Cass
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 816
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ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 816
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Student Diversity at the Big Three
Author: Marcia Synnott
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351487779
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Strengthening affirmative action programs and fighting discrimination present challenges to America's best private and public universities. US college enrollments swelled from 2.6 million students in 1955 to 17.5 million by 2005. Ivy League universities, specifically Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, face significant challenges in maintaining their professed goal to educate a reasonable number of students from all ethnic, racial, religious, and socio-economic groups while maintaining the loyalty of their alumni. College admissions officers in these elite universities have the daunting task of selecting a balanced student body. Added to their challenges, the economic recession of 2008-2009 negatively impacted potential applicants from lower-income families. Evidence suggests that high Standard Aptitude Test (SAT) scores are correlated with a family's socioeconomic status. Thus, the problem of selecting the "best" students from an ever-increasing pool of applicants may render standardized admissions tests a less desirable selection mechanism. The next admissions battle may be whether well-endowed universities should commit themselves to a form of class-based affirmative action in order to balance the socioeconomic advantages of well-to-do families. Such a policy would improve prospects for students who may have ambitions for an education that is beyond their reach without preferential treatment. As in past decades, admissions policies may remain a question of balances and preferences. Nevertheless, the elite universities are handling admission decisions with determination and far less prejudice than in earlier eras.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351487779
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Strengthening affirmative action programs and fighting discrimination present challenges to America's best private and public universities. US college enrollments swelled from 2.6 million students in 1955 to 17.5 million by 2005. Ivy League universities, specifically Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, face significant challenges in maintaining their professed goal to educate a reasonable number of students from all ethnic, racial, religious, and socio-economic groups while maintaining the loyalty of their alumni. College admissions officers in these elite universities have the daunting task of selecting a balanced student body. Added to their challenges, the economic recession of 2008-2009 negatively impacted potential applicants from lower-income families. Evidence suggests that high Standard Aptitude Test (SAT) scores are correlated with a family's socioeconomic status. Thus, the problem of selecting the "best" students from an ever-increasing pool of applicants may render standardized admissions tests a less desirable selection mechanism. The next admissions battle may be whether well-endowed universities should commit themselves to a form of class-based affirmative action in order to balance the socioeconomic advantages of well-to-do families. Such a policy would improve prospects for students who may have ambitions for an education that is beyond their reach without preferential treatment. As in past decades, admissions policies may remain a question of balances and preferences. Nevertheless, the elite universities are handling admission decisions with determination and far less prejudice than in earlier eras.
Serials Currently Received by the National Agricultural Library, a Keyword Index
Author: National Agricultural Library (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1338
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Languages : en
Pages : 1338
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In the Face of Inequality
Author: Melissa E. Wooten
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438456921
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A quarter of black Americans earn college degrees from black colleges, yet questions about the necessity of black colleges abound. In the Face of Inequality dissects the ways in which race and racism combined to shape the experiences of America's black colleges in the mid-twentieth century. In a novel approach to this topic, Melissa E. Wooten combines historical data with a sociological approach. Drawing on extensive quantitative and qualitative historical data, Wooten argues that for much of America's history, educational and social policy was explicitly designed to limit black colleges' organizational development. As an alternative to questioning the modern day relevance of these schools, Wooten asks readers to consider how race and racism precludes black colleges from acquiring the resources and respect worthy of them.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438456921
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A quarter of black Americans earn college degrees from black colleges, yet questions about the necessity of black colleges abound. In the Face of Inequality dissects the ways in which race and racism combined to shape the experiences of America's black colleges in the mid-twentieth century. In a novel approach to this topic, Melissa E. Wooten combines historical data with a sociological approach. Drawing on extensive quantitative and qualitative historical data, Wooten argues that for much of America's history, educational and social policy was explicitly designed to limit black colleges' organizational development. As an alternative to questioning the modern day relevance of these schools, Wooten asks readers to consider how race and racism precludes black colleges from acquiring the resources and respect worthy of them.
International News and Foreign Correspondents
Author: Stephen Hess
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815736301
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In this fifth volume of his highly acclaimed Newswork series, Stephen Hess offers a revealing look at how the print and broadcast media cover international affairs and how foreign correspondents do their work, and concludes with suggestions for improving international coverage.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815736301
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In this fifth volume of his highly acclaimed Newswork series, Stephen Hess offers a revealing look at how the print and broadcast media cover international affairs and how foreign correspondents do their work, and concludes with suggestions for improving international coverage.
Serials Currently Received by the National Agricultural Library, 1975
Author: National Agricultural Library (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1392
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1392
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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
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Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1482
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Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
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Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1482
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Resources in Education
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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