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No longer separate, not yet equal

Espenshade, Thomas J, Radford, Alexandria Walton

2009,2010

Overview

Against the backdrop of today's increasingly multicultural society, are America's elite colleges admitting and successfully educating a diverse student body? No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal pulls back the curtain on the selective college experience and takes a rigorous and comprehensive look at how race and social class impact each stage--from application and admission, to enrollment and student life on campus. Arguing that elite higher education contributes to both social mobility and inequality, the authors investigate such areas as admission advantages for minorities, academic achievement gaps tied to race and class, unequal burdens in paying for tuition, and satisfaction with college experiences. The book's analysis is based on data provided by the National Survey of College Experience, collected from more than nine thousand students who applied to one of ten selective colleges between the early 1980s and late 1990s. The authors explore the composition of applicant pools, factoring in background and \"selective admission enhancement strategies\"--including AP classes, test-prep courses, and extracurriculars--to assess how these strengthen applications. On campus, the authors examine roommate choices, friendship circles, and degrees of social interaction, and discover that while students from different racial and class circumstances are not separate in college, they do not mix as much as one might expect. The book encourages greater interaction among student groups and calls on educational institutions to improve access for students of lower socioeconomic status.

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Subject: Academic achievement / Achievement Gap / Admission / AdvancED / Advanced Placement / Advanced Placement Programs / Affirmative Action / African American Studies / Beverly Daniel Tatum / Class rank / Class size / College / College Admission / College Applicants / College Board / College Freshmen / College Preparation / Common Application / Credential / Dean's list / Disadvantage / Diskriminierung / Dormitory / Downside risk / Early action / Early admission / Early decision / EDUCATION / EDUCATION / Higher / Elite (Social sciences) / Elite (Social sciences) -- United States / Enrollment / Ethnic Studies / Extracurricular Activities / Extracurricular activity / FAFSA / Foreign language / Grutter v. Bollinger / Higher / Higher education / Hochschule / Honors College / Howard University / Income / Independent measures / Institution / Institutionalized discrimination / Interquartile range / Lani Guinier / Lee Bollinger / Legacy preferences / Longevity / Make A Difference / Minorities / Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- United States / Minority college students / Minority college students -- United States -- Social conditions / Minority group / Minority-serving institution / Nationale Minderheit / No Child Left Behind Act / Paying for College / Pell Grant / Percentage / Percentage point / Percentile / Pessimism / Private school / Private universities and colleges / Private universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission / Private university / Public institution (United States) / Public university / Quartile / Race / Race Matters / Racial segregation / Reverse discrimination / Richard Kahlenberg / SAT / Satisfaction / Scarcity / Selective Admission / Selective school / Skewness / Social Class / Social conditions / Social distance / Social Environment / SOCIAL SCIENCE / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies / Socioeconomic status / Sociology / Stafford Loan / Student / Student Experience / Term paper / Test Preparation / Transition Year / Tuition payments / Undergraduate education / Unemployment / United States / University / University and college admission / USA / Ward Connerly
• ISBN: 0691141606, 9780691141602, 9780691135700, 0691135703, 9780691162133, 0691162131, 9781400831531, 1400831539