The conditions for admission : access, equity, and the social contract of public universities / John Aubrey Douglass
- Bib ID:
- 3987550
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Douglass, John Aubrey
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Description:
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- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007
- xiv, 332 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780804755580
- 9780804755597
- Full contents:
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- Pt. I. Building a public university and creating the social contract
- 1. The public university movement and California
- 2. Building a higher education system and broadening access
- 3. Inclusion, exclusion, and the issue of race
- Pt. II. The managerial university and the post-World War II era
- 4. The master plan, the SAT, and managing demand
- 5. Countervailing forces : standardized testing and affirmative action
- 6. For every action a reaction : race, Bakke, and the social contract revisited
- Pt. III. Modern battles over equity, affirmative action, and testing
- 7. California's affirmative-action fight
- 8. The first aftermath : outreach and comprehensive review
- 9. The second aftermath : President Atkinson versus the SAT
- Pt. IV. Whither the social contract? : the postmodern world and the primacy of higher education
- 10. Perils and opportunities : autonomy, merit, and privatization
- 11. The waning of America's higher education advantage.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Also Titled:
- Access, equity, and the social contract of public universities
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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