04225cam a2200565 i 4500 23563108 BJBSDDR 20260326114321.0 ta 240215s2024 nju b 001 0 eng d 2024932880 0691246769 (hardcover) 9780691246765 (hardcover) 9780691246772 e-book 23563108 (OCoLC)1428703739 YDX eng rda YDX GK5 OCLCO AMH YDX NYP OCLCO LML LPU DLC eng lccopycat n-us--- LB 2351.2 L547h 2024 378.1/610973 Lemann, Nicholas, 1954- 47566 Higher admissions : the rise, decline, and return of standardized testing / Nicholas Lemann. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2024. vi, 160 pages ; 21 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Our compelling interests Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-151) and index. The birth of the American meritocracy -- Higher education for all -- Testing, Affirmative Action, and the law -- Admissions without testing -- Testing without meritocracy -- Commentary: Higher admissions, a California perspective / Patricia Gándara -- Commentary: The future of the meritocracy / Marvin Krislov -- Commentary: The multiple lives and ironies of the SAT / Prudence L. Carter. How to make American higher education fairer--In the 1930s, American colleges and universities began to screen applications using the SAT, a mass-administered, IQ-descended standardized test. The widespread adoption of the test accompanied the development of the world's first mass higher education system--and served to promote the idea that the United States was becoming a "meritocracy" in which admission to selective higher education institutions would be granted to those who most deserved it. In Higher Admissions, Nicholas Lemann reflects on the state of America's aspirational meritocracy and the enduring value and meaning of standardized testing. Lemann writes that the anticipation of the Supreme Court's 2023 decision banning affirmative action, plus the Covid pandemic, led hundreds of universities to stop requiring standardized admissions tests; now many colleges and universities are reinstituting test requirements. The country is preoccupied with the admissions policies of the most selective universities, but Lemann redirects our attention to an alternate path that American higher education could have taken, and can still take--one that emphasizes selective admission less and significant upgrade of the entire higher education system more. Lemann argues that to improve the state of higher education overall, we should focus not on the narrow chokepoint of admission to highly selective colleges, but on efforts to create as much meaningful opportunity for flourishing in our vast higher education system for as many people as possible. The book includes thoughtful and challenging responses from Marvin Krislov, Patricia Gándara, and Prudence Carter.-- Front jacket flap. Universities and colleges United States Admission. Universities and colleges United States Entrance examinations. College entrance achievement tests United States. Universidades y colegios Estados Unidos Admisión 28989 Universidades Estados Unidos Requisitos de ingreso 47712 Exámenes de admisión a la universidad Estados Unidos 10007 Universités États-Unis Admission. Universités États-Unis Examens d'entrée. Universités Admission Tests de rendement États-Unis. Documents d'information. rvmgf Our compelling interests (Series) 634 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK dpf 126611 126611 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2026-03-17 0 LB 2351.2 L547h 2024 00000199016 2026-03-17 17:09:00 1 2026-03-17 BK