Creating a Class : : College Admissions and the Education of Elites / / Mitchell L. Stevens.
In real life, Stevens is a professor at Stanford University. But for a year and a half, he worked in the admissions office of a bucolic New England college known for its high academic standards, beautiful campus, and social conscience. Ambitious high schoolers and savvy guidance counselors know that...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2020] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 A SCHOOL IN A GARDEN -- 2 NUMBERS -- 3 TRAVEL -- 4 SPORTS -- 5 RACE -- 6 DECISIONS -- 7 YIELD -- 8 THE ARISTOCRACY OF MERIT -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX |
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Summary: | In real life, Stevens is a professor at Stanford University. But for a year and a half, he worked in the admissions office of a bucolic New England college known for its high academic standards, beautiful campus, and social conscience. Ambitious high schoolers and savvy guidance counselors know that admission here is highly competitive. But creating classes, Stevens finds, is a lot more complicated than most people imagine. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674044036 9783110756067 9783110442205 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674044036 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Mitchell L. Stevens. |