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Author:
Carnevale, Anthony Patrick, author.
Title:
The merit myth : how our colleges favor the rich and divide America / Anthony P. Carnevale, Peter Schmidt, Jeff Strohl.
Publisher:
The New Press,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
302 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
Discrimination in higher education--United States.
Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.
College attendance--Social aspects--United States.
Universities and colleges--United States--Admission.
Other Authors:
Schmidt, Peter, 1964 January 20- author.
Strohl, Jeff, author.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Jarred awake from the American dream -- What the nation needs -- The rise of the sorting machine -- Understanding the odds -- Standardized bias -- Separate and unequal -- The fight for fairness -- Built to collapse -- College for all.
Summary:
"An eye-opening and timely look at how colleges drive the very inequalities they are meant to remedy, complete with a call - and a vision - for change"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
162097486X
9781620974865
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1128200337
LCCN:
2019055348
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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