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Affirmative action for the rich : legacy preferences in college admissions / Richard D. Kahlenberg, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York, NY : Century Foundation Press, c2010.Description: p. cmISBN:
  • 9780870785184
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.1/61 22
LOC classification:
  • LB2351.2 A256 2010
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.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LB2351.2 A256 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available 00000096781

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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