In The Qualified Student Harold S. Wechsler focuses on methods
of student selection used by institutions of higher education in
the United States. More specifically, he discusses the way that
college and university reformers employed those methods to
introduce higher education into a broader cross-section of America,
by extending access to an increased number of students from
nontraditional backgrounds.
Implicit in much of this book is an underlying social and
ethical question: How legitimate was and is higher education's
regulation of social mobility? Public concern over colleges' and
universities' practices became inevitable once they became
regulators between social classes. The challenging of colleges'
admissions policies in the courts augments similar concerns that
have been present in legislatures for decades.
The volume is divided into three main sections: Prerequisites,
Columbia and the Selective Function, and Implications. It focuses
mainly on four universities, The University of Michigan, Columbia
University, the University of Chicago, and the City University of
New York. Wechsler maintains that unlike other universities, these
institutions were pacesetters; they did not adopt a new policy
simply because some other college had already adopted it. A new
introduction brings the book, originally published in 1977, up to
date and demonstrates its continuing importance in today's academic
world of selective admissions.
General
Imprint: |
AldineTransaction
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2014 |
First published: |
2014 |
Authors: |
Harold S Wechsler
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
424 |
Edition: |
Revised Ed. |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4128-5360-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
Philosophy of education
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LSN: |
1-4128-5360-5 |
Barcode: |
9781412853606 |
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