Robert K Fullinwider, Judith Lichtenberg

Leveling the Playing Field

Justice, Politics, and College Admissions

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Leveling the Playing Field examines the admissions policies of contemporary American colleges and universities in light of the assumption that enhancing the educational opportunities of lower-income and minority students would make American society more just. The book evaluates controversies about such issues as the nature of merit, the missions of universities, affirmative action, the role of standardized tests, legacy preference, early decision, financial aid, the test-prep industry, and athletics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 158mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780742514102
• ISBN-10: 0742514102
• Artikelnr.: 21976998

Autorenporträt

Robert K. Fullinwider is a senior research scholar at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park. Judith Lichtenberg is associate professor of philosophy and a senior research scholar at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Introduction: April Is the Cruellest Month Chapter 2 Another Side of
the Story Chapter 3 The Flux of Supply and Demand Chapter 4 Selectivity
Chapter 5 The Perspective of the Colleges Chapter 6 Higher Education and
the Enhancement of Opportunity Chapter 7 Justice for Whom? Chapter 8
Outline of the Book Part 9 Demystifying Merit Chapter 10 Detecting Merit
Chapter 11 How the Rewards of Merit Ramify Chapter 12 Merit and Other
Selection Criteria Chapter 13 Merit and Its Limits Chapter 14 Merit and
Desert Chapter 15 Sports: a Case Study Part 16 The Multiple Missions of
Modern Universities Chapter 17 Let a Thousand Colleges Bloom! Chapter 18
The Social Roles of the Modern University Chapter 19 Historical Roots
Chapter 20 The Facets of Liberal Education Chapter 21 Constituencies and
the Whole Chapter 22 Missions and Admissions Chapter 23 Justice and
Differentiation Part 24 Open Admissions and the Community Colleges Chapter
25 Open Admissions at CUNY Chapter 26 Dilemmas of Remediation Chapter
27 From Policy Voted to Policy Enacted Chapter 28 Remediation, Second
Chances, and Community Colleges Part 29 How the Academically Rich Get
Richer Chapter 30 Irrelevant Advantages Chapter 31 Money Chapter 32 The
Legacy of Legacy Chapter 33 Early Decision Chapter 34 An Uneven Outbreak of
Disabilities Chapter 35 College Counseling and Conspicuous Educational
Consumption Chapter 36 The Rich, the Poor, and the Rest Part 37 The Test:
Understanding the SAT Chapter 38 The Regatta Question Chapter 39 Is the SAT
Fair? Chapter 40 Is the SAT Valid and Reliable? Chapter 41 How Useful Is
the SAT? Chapter 42 Cultural Bias and Unfairness Revisited Chapter 43 A
Porsche Held Together with Duct Tape Part 44 Admissions Tests: Uses,
Abuses, Alternatives Chapter 45 The SAT and Real-Life Admissions Choices
Chapter 46 The Real Costs: Race Revisited Chapter 47 A Radically Different
Approach? Chapter 48 Test Prep Chapter 49 Some Conclusions Part 50 The SAT
on Trial Chapter 51 A First Attack: the SAT and the Regents Scholarships
Chapter 52 A Second Attack: the SAT and the NCAA Chapter 53 A
Performance-Based Solution Chapter 54 Legal Threat to the SAT? Part 55
Affirmative Action and the Legacy of Bakke Chapter 56 The Legal Foundation
Chapter 57 Bakke: Fractured Law, Opaque Guidance Chapter 58 The Other Side
Chapter 59 Missed Opportunities Chapter 60 Coda: The Vagaries of Title VI
Part 61 Justifying Affirmative Action Chapter 62 Blind Universities Chapter
64 A Compelling Interest: The Answer Supplied Chapter 65 The Link Between
Ends and Means Chapter 66 Moral Principles Chapter 67 "Treat Persons as
Individuals" Chapter 68 "Do Not Discriminate" Chapter 69 A Last Word On
Affirmative Action Part 70 Sowing the Seeds of Higher Education Chapter 71
Class Preferences and "X Percent Solutions" Chapter 72 Pre-College
Interventions Chapter 73 GEAR UP and College Now Chapter 74 The Persistence
of the Black-White Achievement Gap Part 75 Summing Up, Looking Ahead
Chapter 76 Theory and Practice Chapter 77 Affirmative Action and the
Missions of American Universities Chapter 78 The Use of Standardized Tests
in Admissions Chapter 79 Closing the Gaps Chapter 80 Reforms at Selective
Colleges