The shape of the river : long-term consequences of considering race in college and university admissions / William G. Bowen and Derek Bok ; in collaboration with James L. Shulman ... [et al.].
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TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1998.Description: xxxvi, 472 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0691002746 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission -- Case studies
- Affirmative action programs -- United States -- Case studies
- Afro-Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Case studies
- Afro-American college graduates -- Case studies
- School Admission Criteria -- United States
- Blacks -- education -- United States
- Universities -- United States
- Social Justice -- United States
- Afro-American college graduates -- Case studies
- Afro-Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Case studies
- Affirmative action programs -- United States -- Case studies
- Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission -- Case studies
- LB2351.2 .B696 1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-459) and index.
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.
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