Bowen / Bok The Shape of the River

Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions
With a New introduction by the authors
ISBN: 978-1-4008-8279-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 30, 544 Seiten

Reihe: The William G. Bowen Series

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Bowen, William G.

Bok, Derek

Weitere Mitwirkende

Loury, Glenn C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Ch. 1 Historical Context 1

Ch. 2 The Admissions Process and "Race-Neutrality" 15

Ch. 3 Academic Outcomes 53

Ch. 4 Advanced Study: Graduate and Professional Degrees 91

Ch. 5 Employment, Earnings, and Job Satisfaction 118

Ch. 6 Civic Participation and Satisfaction with Life 155

Ch. 7 Looking Back: Views of College 193

Ch. 8 Diversity: Perceptions and Realities 218

Ch. 9 Informing the Debate 256

Ch. 10 Summing Up 275

App. A The College and Beyond Database 291

App. B. Notes on Methodology 336

App. C Earnings in Relation to Advanced Degrees, Sector of Employment, and Occupation 362

App. D. Additional Tables 375

References 451

Index 461

Über Autor(innen)

William G. Bowen (1933-2016) was president emeritus of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Princeton University and founding chairman of ITHAKA. His many books included The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions (with Derek Bok) (Princeton). Derek Bok is the 300th Anniversary University Research Professor at Harvard University, where he served as president from 1971 to 1991, and again as interim president from 2006 to 2007.