Leveling the playing field
Subtitle: justice, politics, and college admissions
By: Robert K. Fullinwider and Judith Lichtenberg.
Contributors: Lichtenberg, Judith.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission.; Educational equalization -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. April is the cruellest month; title: Demystifying merit; title: The multiple missions of modern universities; title: Open admissions and the community colleges; title: How the academically rich get richer; title: The test : understanding the SAT; title: Admissions tests : uses, abuses, alternatives; title: The SAT on trial; title: Affirmative action and the legacy of Bakke; title: Justifying affirmative action; title: Sowing the seeds of higher education; title: Summing up, looking ahead.