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The shape of the river : long-term consequences of considering race in college and university admissions /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bowen, William G (Author)
Other Authors: Bok, Derek Curtis, Shulman, James Lawrence, 1965-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2000]
Subjects:
Universities and colleges > United States > Admission > Case studies.
Affirmative action programs > United States > Case studies.
African Americans > Education (Higher) > Case studies.
African American college graduates > Case studies.
Universités > États-Unis > Admission > Études de cas.
Programmes d'action positive > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Noirs américains > Enseignement supérieur > Études de cas.
Diplômés d'université noirs américains > Études de cas.
Affirmative action programs
African American college graduates
African Americans > Education (Higher)
Universities and colleges > Admission
United States
Ensino superior > Estados unidos.
Ação afirmativa.
Acesso à educação.
Minorias étnicas.
Afro-descendentes.
Negros.
Case studies.
Case studies
Études de cas.
Table of Contents:
  • Historical context
  • The admissions process and "race-neutrality"
  • Academic outcomes
  • Advanced study : graduate and professional degrees
  • Employment, earnings, and job satisfaction
  • Civic participation and satisfaction with life
  • Looking back : views of college
  • Diversity : perceptions and realities
  • Informing the debate
  • Summing up
  • Appendix A. The college and beyond database
  • Appendix B. Notes on methodology
  • Appendix C. Earnings in relation to advanced degrees, sector of employment, and occupation
  • Appendix D. Additional tables.