1st Edition
Student Diversity at the Big Three Changes at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton Since the 1920s
By Marcia Synnott
Copyright 2013
384 Pages
by
Routledge
386 Pages
by
Routledge
384 Pages
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Routledge
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Strengthening affirmative action programs and fighting discrimination present challenges to America's best private and public universities. US college enrollments swelled from 2.6 million students in 1955 to 17.5 million by 2005. Ivy League universities, specifically Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, face significant challenges in maintaining their professed goal to educate a reasonable number of... Read more
List of Tables Acknowledgments I. Introduction: Historical Perspectives on Admissions Policies at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton Universities II. From Margins to Mainstream: Jewish Students and Faculty at the Big Three III. Hesitant Courtships: Coeducation at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton IV. Affirmative Action and the Pursuit of Racial Diversity at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton Universities, 1960–2012 V. Invisible No Longer: Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell Return of the ROTC; and Inclusion of LGBTQ Students and Students with Disabilities VI. Conclusion: Campus Protests and New Elites at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, 1960s–2012 Bibliography Index
Biography
Marcia Synnott
