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by Daniel Golden

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Daniel Golden

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978-1400097975

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English

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Broadway Books; Reprint edition (September 25, 2007)

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I was bowled over by The Price of Admission The Price of Admission forces the reader to wonder how affirmative action . Nine-tenths of its freshman ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school classes.

I was bowled over by The Price of Admission. Daniel Golden makes a frightening case for why the playing field in higher education is still not level, despite all the attempts during the past several decades to make it so. This book is essential reading for anyone connected with higher education. The Price of Admission forces the reader to wonder how affirmative action can be deemed controversial when favoritism of the white and wealthy is overly prominent in elite colleges. or those interested in the injustices in higher education, this book is a must-read.

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Customers who bought this item also bought. Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1. This shopping feature will continue to load items. But Daniel Golden’s evidence is overwhelming. This book should be read by everyone who cares about preserving higher education as a route for developing talent, not rewarding privilege.

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The book criticizes admissions at elite American universities, including preferences given to the wealthy, children of celebrities, and legacy applicants. It also documents discrimination against Asian-Americans in the admissions process.

Getting In: 7 Books That Expose College Admissions Mania. Its main character is a Princeton admissions officer, Portia Nathan, who has the responsibility of winnowing the stupendously remarkable from a vast field of the only normally remarkable. The Sterling Library at Yale, which is one of the universities caught up in the admissions scandal. Dave Sanders for The New York Times. By Tina Jordan and Gal Beckerman. Crazy U: One Dad’s Crash Course in Getting His Kid Into College,’ by Andrew Ferguson.

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America's most elite colleges set the epitome of this frenzy which has spawned an industry dedicated to climbing the competitive . the loss of meritocratic admission which allowed him to attend Harvard in the mid-1970s

America's most elite colleges set the epitome of this frenzy which has spawned an industry dedicated to climbing the competitive admissions ladder as high as possible. Daniel Golden's Price of Admission does nothing to calm these waters by exposing the unfair and inequitable influence that wealth, power, and privilege exert on the admissions process at America's most prestigious colleges and universities. the loss of meritocratic admission which allowed him to attend Harvard in the mid-1970s. More broadly, Golden questions elite universities' claims of providing social mobility through egalitarian principles.

He reveals how a family donation got Jared Kushner into Harvard, and how colleges comply . Praise for The Price of Admission A disturbing exposé of the influence that wealth and power still exert on admission to the nation’s most prestigious universities.

He reveals how a family donation got Jared Kushner into Harvard, and how colleges comply with Title IX by giving scholarships to rich women in patrician sports like horseback riding and crew. Deserves to become a classic. Пользовательский отзыв - ennie - LibraryThing.

The Price of Admission, by Daniel Golden, the Wall Street journal's . College admission may never be seen in the same way again, at least no. .

The Price of Admission, by Daniel Golden, the Wall Street journal's Pulitzer Prize-winning higher education reporter, is illuminating in that practically every page reveals a hidden practice of college admission, idealistic (see the chapter on California Institute of Technology's meritocratic admission process), and depressing as it details how money, influence, fame, or alumni ties can clinch admission to. places such as Brown, Duke, Harvard, and Notre Dame College admission may never be seen in the same way again, at least not by anyone who reads The Price of Admission cover to cover.

In this explosive book, the Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Daniel Golden exposes the corrupt admissions practices that favor the wealthy, the powerful, and the famous.Every spring thousands of middle-class and lower-income high-school seniors learn that they have been rejected by America’s most exclusive colleges. What they may never learn is how many candidates like themselves have been passed over in favor of wealthy white students with lesser credentials—children of alumni, big donors, or celebrities. America, the so-called land of opportunity, is rapidly becoming an aristocracy in which America’s richest families receive special access to elite higher education—enabling them to give their children even more of a head start. Based on two years of investigative reporting and hundreds of interviews with students, parents, school administrators, and admissions personnel—some of whom risked their jobs to speak to the author—in The Price of Admission, Golden names names, along with grades and test scores. He reveals how the sons of former vice president Al Gore, one-time Hollywood power broker Michael Ovitz, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist leapt ahead of more deserving applicants at Harvard, Brown, and Princeton. He explores favoritism at the Ivy Leagues, Duke, the University of Virginia, and Notre Dame, among other institutions. He reveals that colleges hold Asian American students to a higher standard than whites; comply with Title IX by giving scholarships to rich women in “patrician sports” like horseback riding, squash, and crew; and repay congressmen for favors by admitting their children. He also reveals that Harvard maintains a “Z-list” for well-connected but underqualified students, who are quietly admitted on the condition that they wait a year to enroll. The Price of Admission explodes the myth of an American meritocracy—the belief that no matter what your background, if you are smart and diligent enough, you will have access to the nation’s most elite universities. It is must reading not only for parents and students with a personal stake in college admissions, but also for those disturbed by the growing divide between ordinary and privileged Americans.

Garne

A very well researched book about how admissions work in elite universities in the US - it offers specific examples and also provides some statistics for broader groups. However, I personally thought it was kind of slow in some parts (there were too many examples of how universities bend their admission requirements for legacy candidates, athletes or development cases and the point was already clear) so for that, the four stars instead of five. Overall, a pretty interesting read and a must for anyone interested in knowing how admission offices truly work.

doesnt Do You

Golden's researching ability and ability to write is clearly superior to any journalist working in mainstream American journalism that I know. This book exposes the secret that the powerful do not want exposed, the lie of meritocracy in our education system.

Using substantial evidence to support his arguments, Golden shows that the already privileged are privileged again in the college admission process by de facto affirmative action for whites such as legacy, wealthy donor, and certain athletic preferences. Golden's recommendation of abolishing such preferences for the privileged but maintaining affirmative action for under privileged minorities and some socioeconomic groups is sensible. He shows that such models do work quite well rebutting the common excuse given for such preferences based on the ability to raise sufficient funding. Golden gives three well-known examples of excellent institutions of higher education such as Caltech, Berea College and Cooper Union that actually disadvantages the already privileged but manages to raise enough funding for world class quality of education and student services. His argument here as elsewhere is very convincing.

Many of the negative reviews claimed that Golden only used individual example cases suggesting limited evidence or even bias in this work. Did these reviewers even read the same book I did? I got the 2009 edition and it includes a diverse amount of convincing evidence such as studies by independent organizations and scholars, internal records and investigations from the universities in question and many surprisingly candid testimonial evidence from current or former admission staff that such preferences exist all to the detriment of certain groups. There is overwhelming evidence of that preference and the fact that the principle groups that are harmed by them are Asians of all socioeconomic classes, both foreign or American, and low income but academically talented whites. I have to question the motive of anyone raising such criticisms. Perhaps they are some of the very people so privileged and having a sense of entitlement threatened by the meritocratic and egalitarian dream this country is supposedly founded on. This book wishes to affirm through well researched investigative reporting that dream.

As good as this book is, however, I think I should warn the potential reader that in the kindle edition, there are many typographical errors and the links to the notes section has not been put in the body of the text (in my version anyway).

Fhois

I enjoyed all of the book. It is well-written and has a lot of, for me, new and interesting information about our major universities. Darnell Clevenger, author of The Shootings at Echo Creek High

Windbearer

A must for college bound students - and parents. Many misperceptions among families who apply. And, this book dispels all the myths of the application process. Interestingly, the book was recommended to me by a Division 1A University Athletic Director and former top 20 college basketball coach.

Jazu

And this is why good, honest-middle class or lower class students don't get a chance to reach full potential. Really good book by the way!

Wizer

Arrived on time and as described. Thank you.

Ieslyaenn

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in college admissions and egalitarianism. While I do disagree with part of the premise (and certainly, this book is much more a dry work of investigative journalism than an enjoyable expose), Golden lays out, with extreme detail, the case that colleges spend far too many spots making money from donors rather than sourcing the best scholars. That said, while the process can be egregious when taken to an extreme (as Golden implies but shows few statistics for), one can easily envision why for reputational and monetary reasons, elite universities hope to attract the daughters and sons of the famous and well-connected. The information it contains on certain individual applicants is amazing.

Great insight into the one percent class given breaks they don't qualify for.

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