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Author Carnevale, Anthony Patrick, author.

Title The merit myth : how our colleges favor the rich and divide America / Anthony P. Carnevale, Peter Schmidt, Jeff Strohl.

Publication Info. New York ; London : The New Press, 2020.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2015859~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  378.1982694 CAR    AVAILABLE
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Description 302 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-275) and index.
Contents Introduction : Jarred awake from the American dream -- What the nation needs -- The rise of the sorting machine -- Understanding the odds -- Standardized bias -- Separate and unequal -- The fight for fairness -- Built to collapse -- College for all.
Summary "An eye-opening and timely look at how colleges drive the very inequalities they are meant to remedy, complete with a call - and a vision - for change"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Discrimination in higher education -- United States.
Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States.
College attendance -- Social aspects -- United States.
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission.
Added Author Schmidt, Peter, 1964 January 20- author.
Strohl, Jeff, author.
ISBN 9781620974865 (hardcover)
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