The Price of Admission
by Daniel Golden · first published 2006
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Every spring thousands of middle-class and lower-income high-school seniors learn that they have been rejected by America's most exclusive colleges. What they may never learn is how many candidates like themselves have been passed over in favor of wealthy white students with lesser credentials--children of alumni, big donors, or celebrities.In this explosive book, the Pulitzer Prize--winning reporter Daniel Golden argues that America, the so-called land of opportunity, is rapidly becoming an aristocracy in which America's richest families receive special access to elite higher education--enabl
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…recommend people read (about) the following book by Jerome Karabel: The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion At Harvard, Yale, And Princeton. Would also recommend Daniel Golden's The Price of Admission. Prof. Frank Wu's insight might also be useful here (from ~1:10 onward): https://youtu.be/PrDbvSSbxk8
on “Harvard discrimination lawsuit: data show penalization of Asian-Americans” ↗That's an interesting suggestion on why to leave well enough alone. I wonder how one would check the economic effect on colleges of changing current admission policies. Daniel Golden's book _The Price of Admission_ http://www.amazon.com/Price-Admission-Americas-Colleges-Outs... claims that colleges could be much more meritocratic in admission than they now are, but his good examples (Caltech among research universities,…
on “Dirty Secrets of College Admissions” ↗…to be scared into opposing legacy admissions, as they eagerly supported them, for people who might be taken in by their meritocratic facade from the decision yesterday. This is all documented in The Price of Admission (https://www.amazon.com/Price-Admission-Americas-Colleges-Out...).
on “Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard (2020) [pdf]” ↗