The price of admission how America's ruling class buys its way into elite colleges--and who gets left outside the gates
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c2006.
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The price of admission : |b how America's ruling class buys its way into elite colleges--and who gets left outside the gates / |c Daniel Golden. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Crown Publishers, |c c2006. | ||
| 300 | |a 323 p. ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-314) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction : the Tennessee waltz -- How the "z-list" makes the a-list : Harvard's payback for big donors -- Recruiting the rich : development admits at Duke -- The fame factor : celebrity children at Brown -- Enduring legacies : Notre Dame's other tradition -- Title IX and the rise of the upper-class recruited athlete : fencing, crew, and polo scholarships -- A break for faculty brats : free and easy entry for the children of professors -- The new Jews : Asian Americans need not apply -- The legacy establishment : taking on Congress and the higher education lobby -- The challenge of wealth-blind admissions : how Caltech raises standards--and donations -- Ending the preferences of privilege : suggestions for reform. | |
| 650 | 0 | 0 | |a Universities and colleges |v Admission. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Education, Higher |z United States |x Costs. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a College choice. | |
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