The Shape of the River : : Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions Twentieth Anniversary Edition / / Derek Bok, William G. Bowen.
First published in 1998, William Bowen and Derek Bok's The Shape of the River became an immediate landmark in the debate over affirmative action in America. It grounded a contentious subject in concrete data at a time when arguments surrounding it were characterized more by emotion than evidenc...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The William G. Bowen Series ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (528 p.) :; 103 b/w illus., 93 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Historical Context
- Chapter 2. The Admissions Process and "Race-Neutrality"
- Chapter 3. Academic Outcomes
- Chapter 4. Advanced Study: Graduate and Professional Degrees
- Chapter 5. Employment, Earnings, and Job Satisfaction
- Chapter 6. Civic Participation and Satisfaction with Life
- Chapter 7. Looking Back: Views of College
- Chapter 8. Diversity: Perceptions and Realities
- Chapter 9. Informing the Debate
- Chapter 10. Summing Up
- AFTERWORD
- Appendix A. The College and Beyond Database
- Appendix B. Notes on Methodology
- Appendix C. Earnings in Relation to Advanced Degrees, Sector of Employment, and Occupation
- Appendix D. Additional Tables
- References
- Index