LEADER 03948nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910962208803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780674267589 010 $a0674267583 010 $a9780674044036 010 $a0674044037 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674044036 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(Perlego)1148517 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000787081 100 $a20070319d2007 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 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (320 pages) 300 $aOriginally published: 2007. 311 0 $a9780674026735 311 0 $a067402673X 311 0 $a9780674034945 311 0 $a0674034945 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [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 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 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962208803321 996 $aCreating a class$94351487 997 $aUNINA