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879270
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Karabel, Jerome.
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| Title & Author
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The chosen : : the hidden history of admission and exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton /\ Jerome Karabel.
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| Publication Statement
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Boston :: Houghton Mifflin,, 2005.
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viii, 711 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0618574581
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: 061877355X
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: 9780618574582
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: 9780618773558
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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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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New Haven (Conn.)-- Yale University.
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Princeton (N.J.)-- Universität.
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Harvard University
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Princeton University
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Yale University
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Education, Higher-- United States-- History.
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Universities and colleges-- Atlantic States-- Admission.
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Enseignement supérieur-- États-Unis-- Histoire.
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Universités-- États de l'Atlantique (États-Unis)-- Admission.
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81.80 tertiary education.
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81.80 tertiary education.
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Education, Higher.
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Enseignement supérieur-- États-Unis.
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Harvard university-- Admission.
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Hochschulzulassung
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Högskoleadministration.
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Universités-- Admission-- États-Unis.
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Universities and colleges-- Admission.
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Yale university-- Admission.
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Admission.
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Elite.
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Harvard university.
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Princeton University.
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Yale University.
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United States, Atlantic States.
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United States.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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378.1/61/0973
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| LC Classification
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LB2351.3.A85K37 2005
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000132984
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