The chosen : the hidden history of admission and exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton / Jerome Karabel.

Karabel, Jerome.

The chosen : the hidden history of admission and exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton / Jerome Karabel. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005. - viii, 711 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The origins of selective admissions, 1900-1933 -- The struggle over meritocracy, 1933-1965 -- Inclusion and the persistence of privilege, 1965-2005.

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Universities and colleges--Admission.--Atlantic States
Education, Higher--History.--United States
Universit�es--Admission.--�Etats de l'Atlantique (�Etats-Unis)
Enseignement sup�erieur--Histoire.--�Etats-Unis

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