America's elite boarding schools Cookson, Peter W. Jr 1942- creator Persell, Caroline Hodges. text bibliography nyu New York Basic Books c1985 1985 monographic eng x, 260 pages ; 24 cm. Why do private boarding schools produce such a disproportionate number of leaders in business, government, and the arts? In the most comprehensive study of its kind to date, two sociologists describe the complex ways in which elite schools prepare students for success and power, and they also provide a lively behind-the-scenes look at prep-school life and underlife. * Prologue: Seeking the Prep School Perspective The World Of Boarding Schools * Privilege and the Importance of Elite Education * Rousseaus Children: Total Educational Environments * The Chosen Ones The Prep Rite Of Passage * Cultural Capital: Curricula and Teachers * Academic Climates, Teaching Styles, and Student Stress * The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove: Trustees, Heads, and Charisma * The Prep Crucible * The Student Underlife and the Loss of Innocence The World Beyond * The Vital Link: Prep Schools and Higher Education * Preps at Play and in the Power Structure Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Caroline Hodges Persell. Includes index. Bibliography: pages 240-249. n-us--- Preparatory schools United States Escuelas secundarias Estados Unidos Upper class Education (Secondary) United States LC 58.4 C773p 1985 373.2/22/0973 0465062687 9780465062683 85022989 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/85022989-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/85022989-b.html DLC 851001 20250827134302.0 1915349 eng