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Golden, Daniel, (1957-)

The price of admission :how America's ruling class buys its way into elite colleges--and who gets left outside the gates /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The price of admission :Daniel Golden.
Reminder of title:	how America's ruling class buys its way into elite colleges--and who gets left outside the gates /
Author:	Golden, Daniel,
Published:	New York :Crown Publishers,c2006.
Description:	323 p. ;25 cm.
Subject:	Education, HigherCosts.United States
Online resource:	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006012059-s.html
Online resource:	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0612/2006012059.html
Online resource:	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006012059-b.html
Online resource:	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006012059-d.html
ISBN:	9781400097968

The price of admission :how America's ruling class buys its way into elite colleges--and who gets left outside the gates /
Golden, Daniel,1957-

The price of admission :how America's ruling class buys its way into elite colleges--and who gets left outside the gates /Daniel Golden. - 1st ed. - New York :Crown Publishers,c2006. - 323 p. ;25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-314)and index.

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 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.

ISBN: 9781400097968

LCCN: 2006012059Subjects--Topical Terms:

238565
Education, Higher
--Costs.--United States

LC Class. No.: LB2351.2 / .G65 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 378.1/610973

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