Screen LibraryThe conditions for admission：access, equity, and the social contract of public universities
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Stanford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Stanford, Calif. |
| Publication Dates: | 2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 332 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780804755580 (cloth : alk. paper) 0804755582 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780804755597 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0804755590 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | G649 |
| CLC: | G649.712 |
| Call Number: | G649.712/D737 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-322) and index. pt. I. Building a public university and creating the social contract -- 1. The public university movement and California -- 2. Building a higher education system and broadening access -- 3. Inclusion, exclusion, and the issue of race -- pt. II. The managerial university and the post-World War II era -- 4. The master plan, the SAT, and managing demand -- 5. Countervailing forces : standardized testing and affirmative action -- 6. For every action a reaction : race, Bakke, and the social contract revisited -- pt. III. Modern battles over equity, affirmative action, and testing -- 7. California's affirmative-action fight -- 8. The first aftermath : outreach and comprehensive review -- 9. The second aftermath : president Atkinson versus the SAT -- pt. IV. Whither the social contract? : the postmodern world and the primacy of higher education -- 10. Perils and opportunities : autonomy, merit, and privatization -- 11. The waning of America's higher education advantage. |