Affirmative action for the rich
Subtitle: legacy preferences in college admissions
By: Richard D. Kahlenberg, editor
Publisher: Century Foundation Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780870785184
Description: Sketches the origins of legacy preferences for college admission, examines the philosophical issues they raise, outlines the extent of their use today, studies their impact on university fundraising, and reviews their implications for civil rights. Outlines two new theories challenging the legality of legacy preferences, examines how a judge might review those claims, and assesses public policy options for curtailing alumni preferences. From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Richard D. Kahlenberg; title: Philosophical considerations: legacy preferences in a democratic republic / Michael Lind; title: A history of legacy preferences and privilege / Peter Schmidt; title: An analytic survey of legacy preferences / Daniel Golden; title: An empirical analysis of the impact of legacy preferences on alumni giving at top universities / Chad Coffman, Tara O'Neill, and Brian Starr; title: The impact of legacy preferences on students of color / John Brittain and Eric Bloom; title: Legacy preferences and the constitutional prohibition of titles of nobility / Carlton Larson; title: Heirs of the American experiment: a legal challenge to preferences as a violation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 / Steve Shadowen and Sozi Tulante; title: Privileges paving the way for privilege: how judges will confront the legal ramifications of legacy admissions to public and private universities / Boyce F. Martin Jr. and Donya Khalili; title: The political economy of legacy admissions, taxpayer subsidies, and excess "profits" in American higher education: strategies for reform / Peter Sacks.