An edition of Affirmative action for the rich (2010)

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legacy preferences in college admissions

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Century Foundation Press
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English
Pages
330

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Subjects

Rich people, Education (Higher), Discrimination in higher education, Endowments, Admission, Universities and colleges, Universities and colleges, united states, Universities and colleges, admission, Discrimination in education, Education, higher, united states

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Cover of: Affirmative Action for the Rich
Affirmative Action for the Rich: Legacy Preferences in College Admissions
Mar 12, 2012, The Century Foundation
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Cover of: Affirmative action for the rich
Affirmative action for the rich: legacy preferences in college admissions
2010, Century Foundation Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction / Richard D. Kahlenberg
Philosophical considerations: legacy preferences in a democratic republic / Michael Lind
A history of legacy preferences and privilege / Peter Schmidt
An analytic survey of legacy preferences / Daniel Golden
An empirical analysis of the impact of legacy preferences on alumni giving at top universities / Chad Coffman, Tara O'Neill, and Brian Starr
The impact of legacy preferences on students of color / John Brittain and Eric Bloom
Legacy preferences and the constitutional prohibition of titles of nobility / Carlton Larson
Heirs of the American experiment: a legal challenge to preferences as a violation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 / Steve Shadowen and Sozi Tulante
Privileges paving the way for privilege: how judges will confront the legal ramifications of legacy admissions to public and private universities / Boyce F. Martin Jr. and Donya Khalili
The political economy of legacy admissions, taxpayer subsidies, and excess "profits" in American higher education: strategies for reform / Peter Sacks.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York, NY

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378.1/61
Library of Congress
LB2351.2 .A43 2010, LB2351.2.A43 2010

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p. cm.
Number of pages
330

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OL24538653M
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affirmativeactio0000unse_m9g2
ISBN 13
9780870785184
LCCN
2010024373
OCLC/WorldCat
635493726

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