Equity and excellence in American higher education
Introduction: framework and road map -- An equity and excellence time line -- In pursuit of excellence -- Equity on a national level: socioeconomic status and race -- The elite schools: engines of opportunity or bastions of privilege -- Race in American higher education: the future of affirmative ac...
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Charlottesville, Va. u.a.
University of Virginia Press
2005
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| Schriftenreihe: | Thomas Jefferson Foundation distinguished lecture series
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: framework and road map -- An equity and excellence time line -- In pursuit of excellence -- Equity on a national level: socioeconomic status and race -- The elite schools: engines of opportunity or bastions of privilege -- Race in American higher education: the future of affirmative action -- "Class" (socioeconomic status) and "special preferences": the broader quest for equity at the institutional level -- Government intervention in higher education -- Improving college preparedness -- Concluding thoughts Framework and road map -- I: Where we have been and where we are now -- An equity and excellence time line -- In pursuit of excellence -- Equity on a national level: socioeconomic status and race -- The "elite" schools: engines of opportunity or bastions of privilege? -- II: Where we want to go: policy issues -- Race in American higher education: the future of affirmative action -- Broadening the quest for equity at the institutional level: socioeconomic status, admissions preferences, and financial aid -- Government support of higher education -- Improving college preparedness -- Concluding thoughts |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (S. 393428) and index |
| Beschreibung: | XVI, 453 S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0813923506 0-8139-2350-6 |