TY  - BOOK
AU  - Golden,Daniel
TI  - The price of admission: how America's ruling class buys its way into elite colleges--and who gets left outside the gates 
SN  - 1400097967
AV  - LB 2351.2 G618p 2006
U1  - 378.1/610973 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Crown Publishers
KW  - Universities and colleges
KW  - United States
KW  - Admission
KW  - Education, Higher
KW  - Costs
KW  - College choice
KW  - Universidades
KW  - Admisión
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Educación superior
KW  - Costos
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : the Tennessee waltz -- How the "z-list" makes the a-list : Harvard's payback for big donors -- Recruiting the rich : development admits at Duke -- The fame factor : celebrity children at Brown -- Enduring legacies : Notre Dame's other tradition -- Title IX and the rise of the upper-class recruited athlete : fencing, crew, and polo scholarships -- A break for faculty brats : free and easy entry for the children of professors -- The new Jews : Asian Americans need not apply -- The legacy establishment : taking on Congress and the higher education lobby -- The challenge of wealth-blind admissions : how Caltech raises standards--and donations -- Ending the preferences of privilege : suggestions for reform
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0612/2006012059.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006012059-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006012059-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006012059-s.html
ER  -