Qualified Student - A History of Selective College Admission in America

In The Qualified StudentHarold S

List of contents

Preface to the Transaction Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments
Part I: Prerequisites
1 Admission to College and University
2 Systems and Students: The University of Michigan and Certificates
3 The Spread of the Certificate System
Part II: Columbia and the Selective Function
4 Enter Butler
5 From the Committee of Ten to the College Board
6 Internal Improvements
7 Repelling the Invasion: Columbia and the Jewish Student
8 Who Runs New York?
Part III: Implications
9 The University Spirit and the University of Chicago
10 The Selective Function and the Transition from Elite to Mass Higher Education
11 Higher Education for All: The Mission of the City University of New York
12 The Future of the Selective Function
13 Back to the Future
Bibliography
Index

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Harold S. Wechsler

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In The Qualified StudentHarold S

Product details

• Authors: Wechsler, Harold S Wechsler, Harold S. Wechsler
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138538061
• ISBN: 978-1-138-53806-1
• No. of pages: 422
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system