Unequal Colleges in the Age of Disparity
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Based on quantitative comparisons of colleges since the 1970s, Charles Clotfelter reveals that despite the civil rights revolution, billions spent on financial aid, and the commitment of colleges to greater equality, stratification in higher education has grown starker. He explains why undergraduate education—unequal in 1970—is even more so today.

Table of Contents:
Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Part I: Context 1. Unequal Colleges 2. System, Industry, or Crazy Quilt? 3. Snapshot, Circa 1970 4. Outside Forces Part II: Supply 5. The Inequality Dividend 6. Zero-Sum Competition 7. Evolution in the Core Business Part III: Demand 8. Scholastic Segregation 9. Economic Stratification 10. Sorting by Seriousness 11. Sorting by Belief? Part IV: Consequences 12. Outcomes 13. Why It Matters Table A.1: Shares by College Category of Total Undergraduate Enrollment in 1,157 Four-Year Institutions Table A.2: The Dwindling Share of Places at Elite Colleges Notes References Acknowledgments Index

About the Author :
Clotfelter Charles T. : Charles T. Clotfelter is Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy Studies at Duke University.

Review :
All of Charles Clotfelter's books about higher education have been home runs, but Unequal Colleges in the Age of Disparity is a grand slam. Wonderfully well written, it should be read by everyone concerned with growing income inequality in the U.S. and the role our evolving higher education system has played in contributing to it. -- Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Cornell University Clotfelter shows how the pattern of undergraduate education in the U.S. has, in the last four decades, done more to perpetuate economic inequality than to provide pathways for upward mobility. His analysis should concern anyone who cares about higher education, and spur efforts to address this complex issue more aggressively than we have in the past. -- Nannerl O. Keohane, Princeton University Clotfelter is one of the best-regarded researchers in the economics of education. His book is a must-read for anybody interested in how the undergraduate education market in the U.S. has evolved over the last forty years. -- Brian P. McCall, University of Michigan Most people connected to higher education are instinctively egalitarian, yet they work and study in a system that is saturated with inequality--in admissions, in resources, in prestige, and in outcomes. Clotfelter tells the story of these inequalities in a dispassionate and accessible way, but with exceptional lucidity and deep knowledge. -- Michael S. McPherson, President of the Spencer Foundation A deeply researched, stimulating, and thoughtful analysis of the role of undergraduate education in America in sustaining the growing inequalities of our nation. A treasure trove of relevant data and careful analysis. -- Harold T. Shapiro, Princeton University


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780674982499
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Harvard University Press
  • Edition: Digital original
  • No of Pages: 380
  • ISBN-10: 0674982495
  • Publisher Date: 05 Nov 2018
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English


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