Unequal Colleges in the Age of Disparity / Charles T. Clotfelter.

Author/creator Clotfelter, Charles T. author.
Format Electronic
PublicationCambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]
Copyright Date©2017
Description1 online resource : 1 halftone, 62 graphs, 8 tables
Supplemental ContentEBSCOhost

Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part I. Context -- 1. Unequal Colleges -- 2. System, Industry, or Crazy Quilt? -- 3. Snapshot, Circa 1970 -- 4. Outside Forces -- Part II. Supply -- 5. The Inequality Dividend -- 6. Zero-Sum Competition -- 7. Evolution in the Core Business -- Part III. Demand -- 8. Scholastic Segregation -- 9. Economic Stratification -- 10. Sorting by Seriousness -- 11. Sorting by Belief ? -- Part IV. Consequences -- 12. Outcomes -- 13. Why It Matters -- Appendix: Table A.1 Shares by College Category of Total Undergraduate Enrollment in 1,157 Four-Year Institutions -- Appendix: Table A.2 The Dwindling Share of Places at Elite Colleges -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index
LanguageIn English.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Aug 2018).
ISBN9780674982499
ISBN0674982495
Standard identifier# 10.4159/9780674982499

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