02983nam 2200517 a 450 991082198280332120200520144314.01-4384-0912-50-585-05499-1(CKB)111004366785934(EBL)3406980(MiAaPQ)EBC3406980(EXLCZ)9911100436678593419890306d1990 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe High-Status track studies of elite schools and stratification /Paul William Kingston, Lionel S. Lewis, editors1st ed.Albany, NY State University of New York Pressc19901 online resource (xxxiv, 261 pages) illustrationsSUNY series, frontiers in education0-7914-0011-5 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.""CONTENTS""; ""TABLES AND FIGURES""; ""INTRODUCTION: STUDYING ELITE SCHOOLS IN AMERICA by Paul William Kingston and Lionel S. Lewis""; ""PART I: PREPARATORY SCHOOLS""; ""1. On the Making of Good Men: Character-Building in the New England Boarding Schools by Christopher F. Armstrong""; ""2. Chartering and Bartering: Elite Education and Social Reproduction and Caroline Hodges Persell and Peter W. Cookson, Jr.""; ""PART II: ELITE UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS""; ""3. Patterns of Upper-Class Education in Four American Cities: 1875�1975 by Richard Farnum""""4. Prestige in the Ivy League: Democratization and Discrimination at Penn and Columbia, 1890-1970 by Richard Farnum"" ""5. Undergraduates at Elite Institutions: The Best, the Brightest, and the Richest by Paul William Kingston and Lionel S. Lewis""; ""6. Pathways to Attendance at the Elite Colleges by James C. Heard""; ""7. The Economic Pay-Off of Prestigious Colleges by Paul William Kingston and John C. Smart""; ""8. Pathways to Top Corporate Management Michael Useem by Jerome Karabel""; ""PART III: PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS""""9. The Inside Tracks: Status Distinctions in Allocations to Elite Law Schools by Charles L. Cappell and Ronald M. Pipkin"" ""10. Getting on the Fast Track: Recruitment at an Elite Business School by Paul William Kingston and James G. Clawson""; ""INDEX OF AUTHORS""; ""SUBJECT INDEX""SUNY series, frontiers in education.Upper classEducationUnited StatesSocial statusUnited StatesPower (Social sciences)Upper classEducationSocial statusPower (Social sciences)371.96/2/0973Kingston Paul W.1951-1761087Lewis Lionel S(Lionel Stanley)127786MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821982803321The High-Status track4200306UNINA