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Meritocracy and the University - Selective Admission in England and the United States (Paperback)
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Meritocracy and the University - Selective Admission in England and the United States (Paperback)
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This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open
Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.
Who gets into elite universities, how and why? What are places like
Harvard in the United States or Cambridge in England looking for
when they admit undergraduate students? What qualities do selectors
value and how do they decide between many applicants with often
stellar attainment records? And, are we all better off because of
who these elite universities admit? Meritocracy and the University
provides an insight into the world of university admissions. Based
on interviews with professional admissions staff and academic
faculty members who select students, the book explains what
selectors value and how they make decisions. By shining a light on
the world of university admissions in England and in the United
States, readers are invited to reflect on the similarities and
differences in who selects and how selection is done, the purpose
and mission of universities, and the challenges universities face
in building fair admissions processes when earlier opportunities to
shine in education are unequally distributed.
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