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Author Fullinwider, Robert K., 1942-

Title Leveling the playing field : justice, politics, and college admissions / Robert K. Fullinwider and Judith Lichtenberg.

Publication Info. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2004]
©2004

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 Moore Stacks  LB2351.2 .F85 2004    Available  ---
Description xii, 267 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction. April is the cruellest month -- Demystifying merit -- The multiple missions of modern universities -- Open admissions and the community colleges -- How the academically rich get richer -- The test : understanding the SAT -- Admissions tests : uses, abuses, alternatives -- The SAT on trial -- Affirmative action and the legacy of Bakke -- Justifying affirmative action -- Sowing the seeds of higher education -- Summing up, looking ahead.
Subject Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission.
Universities and colleges.
United States.
Educational equalization -- United States.
Educational equalization.
Added Author Lichtenberg, Judith.
ISBN 0742514102 cloth alkaline paper
0742514110 paperback alkaline paper