Unwelcome Guests - A History of Access to American Higher Education

Informationen zum Autor Harold S. Wechsler (1946–2017) was a professor of education in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University, where he served as the director of the program in education and Jewish studies until his death. He was the author of many books, including The Qualified Student: A History of Selective College Admission in America . Steven J. Diner (NEW YORK, NY) is a University Professor at Rutgers University–Newark, where he served as chancellor from 2002 to 2011. He is the author of A City and Its Universities: Public Policy in Chicago, 1892–1919, and Universities and Their Cities: Urban Higher Education in America . Klappentext "This book examines how American colleges and universities since the mid-nineteenth century have used students' race, religion, and ethnicity in deciding whom to admit and how to shape enrolled students' campus social life"-- Zusammenfassung This profound history of the limits on college access over decades of discrimination will help readers recognize and understand the central role of race in the history of American higher education.

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• Authors: Steven J Diner, Steven J. Diner, Steven J. (Rutgers University-Newark) Diner, Harold S Wechsler, Harold S. Wechsler, Harold S. (Robert Wechsler Wechsler
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781421441313
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-4131-3
• No. of pages: 225
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; EDUCATION / History, History of Education, Social discrimination & equal treatment, History of the Americas, Higher & further education, tertiary education, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher