Choosing elites
By: Robert Klitgaard.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission.; Universities and colleges -- United States -- Entrance requirements.; Prediction of scholastic success.; Prediction of occupational success.
Description: Klitgaard's book provides both the analytical framework and the facts about what measures predict "success" at the university and in later life. It covers the analysis of the benefits and costs of preferential treatment, using the example of affirmative action for black students, and examines our goals for selecting elites in the first place.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 228-256.
Includes index.