LEADER 03817nam 2200637I 450 001 9910455397003321 005 20220127233022.0 010 $a9780674044036 (ebook) 010 $a0674044037 035 $a(CKB)1000000000787081 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050912 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000131825 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11142497 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000131825 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10028402 035 $a(PQKB)11497691 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300046 035 $a(DE-B1597)574544 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674044036 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300046 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312751 035 $a(OCoLC)432702591 035 $a(OCoLC)1229161874 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000787081 100 $a20070319h20072009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn#---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCreating a class $ecollege admissions and the education of elites /$fMitchell L. Stevens 210 1$aCambridge, MA :$cHarvard University Press,$d[2007] 210 4$aŠ2009. 215 $a1 online resource (320 pages) 300 $aOriginally published: 2007. 311 0 $a0-674-02673-X 311 0 $a0-674-03494-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 267-300) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 1. A School in a Garden -- 2. Numbers -- 3. Travel -- 4. Sports -- 5. Race -- 6. Decisions -- 7. Yield -- 8. The Aristocracy of Merit -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index 330 8 $aStevens explains how elite colleges and universities have assumed their central role in the production of the nation's most privileged classes. This book makes clear that, for better or worse, these schools now define the standards of youthful accomplishment in American culture more generally.$bIn real life, Mitchell Stevens is a professor in bustling New York. But for a year and a half, he worked in the admissions office of a bucolic New England college that is known for its high academic standards, beautiful campus, and social conscience. Ambitious high schoolers and savvy guidance counselors know that admission here is highly competitive. But creating classes, Stevens finds, is a lot more complicated than most people imagine. Admissions officers love students but they work for the good of the school. They must bring each class in "on budget," burnish the statistics so crucial to institutional prestige, and take care of their colleagues in the athletic department and the development office. Stevens shows that the job cannot be done without "systematic preferencing," and racial affirmative action is the least of it. Kids have an edge if their parents can pay full tuition, if they attend high schools with exotic zip codes, if they are athletes--especially football players--and even if they are popular. With novelistic flair, sensitivity to history, and a keen eye for telling detail, Stevens explains how elite colleges and universities have assumed their central role in the production of the nation's most privileged classes. Creating a Class makes clear that, for better or worse, these schools now define the standards of youthful accomplishment in American culture more generally. 606 $aUniversities and colleges$zUnited States$xAdmission 606 $aEducation, Higher$zUnited States 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aUniversities and colleges$xAdmission. 615 0$aEducation, Higher 615 0$aElite (Social sciences) 676 $a378.1610973 700 $aStevens$b Mitchell L.$0863614 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bCaOWtU 912 $a9910455397003321 996 $aCreating a class$92464486 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01353nam 2200385Ia 450 001 996386362303316 005 20221108083859.0 035 $a(CKB)4940000000081427 035 $a(EEBO)2264216455 035 $a(OCoLC)14153929 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000081427 100 $a19860827d1658 uy | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn||||a|bb| 200 14$aThe soules conflict with itselfe and victory over itselfe by faith$b[electronic resource] $ea treatise of the inward disquietments of distressed spirits, with comfortable remedies to establish them /$fby R. Sibbs .. 210 $aLondon $cPrinted for R.D. and are to be sold by John Williams ...$d1658 215 $a[18], 512 p 300 $aIllustrated t.p. 300 $aReproduction of original in the Union Theological Seminary Library, New York. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aeebo-0160 606 $aChristian life 606 $aTheology, Practical 615 0$aChristian life. 615 0$aTheology, Practical. 700 $aSibbes$b Richard$f1577-1635.$01001657 801 0$bEAF 801 1$bEAF 801 2$bm/c 801 2$bUMI 801 2$bWaOLN 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996386362303316 996 $aThe soules conflict with itselfe and victory over itselfe by faith$92307229 997 $aUNISA