Unequal Colleges in the Age of Disparity
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0674975715
ISBN 13
9780674975712
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Publication Year
2017
Pages
448
Subject
Universities and colleges--United States. Universities and colleges--United States--Sociological aspects. Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States. Educational equalization--United States. College students--United States--Economic conditions. Co
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Abstract
It is commonly supposed that colleges help to reduce inequality by providing paths for individuals to rise beyond modest origins. Reviewing evidence from more than 1,000 colleges, elite and not, the author argues that baccalaureate education's power to reduce inequality has actually declined, because the colleges themselves have become more unequal. Unequal Colleges in the Age of Disparity describes the market for baccalaureate education over the last four decades, paying attention to both the demand side and supply side of the market. It is an historical analysis of a large and variegated industry, described in terms - such as "firm," "consumer," and "market power" - rarely applied to it, that explain this increasing inequality
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Contents:
Part I: Context -- 1. Unequal colleges -- 2. System, industry, or crazy quilt? -- 3. Snapshot, circa 1970 -- 4. Outside forces -- Part II. Supply -- 5. The inequality dividend -- 6. Zero-sum competition -- 7. Evolution in the core business -- Part III. Demand -- 8. Scholastic segregation -- 9. Economic stratification -- 10. Sorting by seriousness -- 11. Sorting by belief? -- Part IV. Consequences -- 12. Outcomes -- 13. Why it matters -- Appendix: the dwindling share of places at elite colleges -- Notes..
Part I: Context -- 1. Unequal colleges -- 2. System, industry, or crazy quilt? -- 3. Snapshot, circa 1970 -- 4. Outside forces -- Part II. Supply -- 5. The inequality dividend -- 6. Zero-sum competition -- 7. Evolution in the core business -- Part III. Demand -- 8. Scholastic segregation -- 9. Economic stratification -- 10. Sorting by seriousness -- 11. Sorting by belief? -- Part IV. Consequences -- 12. Outcomes -- 13. Why it matters -- Appendix: the dwindling share of places at elite colleges -- Notes..
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