Affirmative action for the rich :  legacy preferences in college admissions / 
Richard D. Kahlenberg, editor. 
 - New York, NY :  Century Foundation Press,  c2010. 
 - p. cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780870785184 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010024373 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Universities and colleges--Admission.--United States<br/>Rich people--Education (Higher)--United States.<br/>Universities and colleges--Endowments.--United States<br/>Discrimination in higher education--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB2351.2  / A256  2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>378.1/61