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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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The price of admission : how America's ruling class buys its way into elite colleges--and who gets left outside the gates / Daniel Golden.
Author
Golden, Daniel, 1957-
Publication
New York : Crown Publishers, c2006.
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323 p.; 25 cm.
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  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-314) and index.
Contents
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.
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JFE 06-13701
ISBN
  • 1400097967
  • 9781400097968
LCCN
  • 2006012059
  • 9781400097968
OCLC
67773661
Author
Golden, Daniel, 1957-
Title
The price of admission : how America's ruling class buys its way into elite colleges--and who gets left outside the gates / Daniel Golden.
Imprint
New York : Crown Publishers, c2006.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-314) and index.
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