Selective Admission And The Public Interest
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Author | : Michael S. McPherson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Education |
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This study describes the American system of higher education's distributive mechanism in the practice of selective admission and considers possible changes in that system. Chapter One presents the work's overall approach, a three level analysis of the current system from the viewpoints of the individual student and the individual college as well as a conspectus of the system as a whole. Chapter Two describes some main features of the outcome of the existing admissions system in terms of the distribution of students across institutions. Chapters Three and Four analyze the consequences of higher education by enumerating and evaluating the various outputs of higher education in terms of what is "fair" and what is "efficient." Here, alternative descriptions of how the educational system actually operates are provided. Chapter Five follows up the earlier work on defining and measuring equity and efficiency by turning to trade-offs between the two. Chapter Six returns to the central issue: the person or institution's pursuit of individual goals may result in a collective situation in which achievement of those goals is frustrated. Chapter Seven looks at what all of this means for policy decision making and concludes that, although radical change in existing practices are neither feasible nor desirable, improvements in both equity and efficiency are possible if relatively small changes (such as institutional cooperation to limit competition-driven expenditures) are implemented. (56 references) (JB)
Author | : Brainerd Alden Thresher |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Education |
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Author | : Harold S. Wechsler |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2017-09-29 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1351475622 |
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In The Qualified Student Harold S. Wechsler focuses on methods of student selection used by institutions of higher education in the United States. More specifically, he discusses the way that college and university reformers employed those methods to introduce higher education into a broader cross-section of America, by extending access to an increased number of students from nontraditional backgrounds. Implicit in much of this book is an underlying social and ethical question: How legitimate was and is higher education's regulation of social mobility? Public concern over colleges' and universities' practices became inevitable once they became regulators between social classes. The challenging of colleges' admissions policies in the courts augments similar concerns that have been present in legislatures for decades. The volume is divided into three main sections: Prerequisites, Columbia and the Selective Function, and Implications. It focuses mainly on four universities, The University of Michigan, Columbia University, the University of Chicago, and the City University of New York. Wechsler maintains that unlike other universities, these institutions were pacesetters; they did not adopt a new policy simply because some other college had already adopted it. A new introduction brings the book, originally published in 1977, up to date and demonstrates its continuing importance in today's academic world of selective admissions.
Author | : Winton Howard Manning |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Universities and colleges |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Philip Woods |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2005-06-23 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1134770391 |
Download School Choice and Competition: Markets in the Public Interest? Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book reports on the findings of a unique investigation into the impact of education reforms aimed at introducing more choice and competition into the school system.
Author | : William Benton Schrader |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Universities and colleges |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Brainerd Alden Thresher |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Universities and colleges |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Caroline M. Hoxby |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 447 |
Release | : 2007-11-01 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0226355373 |
Download College Choices Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Aspiring college students and their families have many options. A student can attend an in-state or an out-of-state school, a public or private college, a two-year community college program or a four-year university program. Students can attend full-time and have a bachelor of arts degree by the age of twenty-three or mix college and work, progressing toward a degree more slowly. To make matters more complicated, the array of financial aid available is more complex than ever. Students and their families must weigh federal grants, state merit scholarships, college tax credits, and college savings accounts, just to name a few. In College Choices, Caroline Hoxby and a distinguished group of economists show how students and their families really make college decisions—how they respond to financial aid options, how peer relationships figure in the decision-making process, and even whether they need mentoring to get through the admissions process. Students of all sorts are considered—from poor students, who may struggle with applications and whether to continue on to college, to high aptitude students who are offered "free rides" at elite schools. College Choices utilizes the best methods and latest data to analyze the college decision-making process, while explaining how changes in aid and admissions practices inform those decisions as well.
Author | : Jerome Karabel |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 748 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780618574582 |
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Drawing on decades of research, Karabel shines a light on the ever-changing definition of "merit" in college admissions, showing how it shaped--and was shaped by--the country at large.
Author | : John Aubrey Douglass |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
Download The Conditions for Admission Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The first comprehensive study of the admission policies and practices at U.S. public universities, examining their "social contract" in light of contemporary debates over affirmative action, standardized testing, privatization, and the influences of globalization.