Unequal colleges in the age of disparity /

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Author / Creator:	Clotfelter, Charles T., author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2017] ©2017
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 439 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Universities and colleges -- United States. Universities and colleges -- United States -- Sociological aspects. Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States. Educational equalization -- United States. College students -- United States -- Economic conditions. College students -- United States -- Social conditions. College students -- Economic conditions. College students -- Social conditions. Education, Higher -- Economic aspects. Educational equalization. Universities and colleges. Universities and colleges -- Sociological aspects. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12483362

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ISBN:	9780674982499 0674982495 9780674975712 0674975715
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	It is commonly supposed that colleges help to reduce inequality by providing paths for individuals to rise beyond modest origins. Reviewing evidence from more than 1,000 colleges, elite and not, the author argues that baccalaureate education's power to reduce inequality has actually declined, because the colleges themselves have become more unequal. Unequal Colleges in the Age of Disparity describes the market for baccalaureate education over the last four decades, paying attention to both the demand side and supply side of the market. It is an historical analysis of a large and variegated industry, described in terms - such as "firm," "consumer," and "market power"--Rarely applied to it, that explain this increasing inequality.--
Other form:	Print version: Clotfelter, Charles T. Unequal colleges in the age of disparity. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2017] 9780674975712

Table of 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
Appendix: 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.

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