Author: Amherst College. Class of 1913Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : College verse
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
The Class Book
Author: Cornell UniversityBooks Added
Author: Chicago Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
The Half-Opened Door
Author: Marcia SynnottPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351481592
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
By the turn of the twentieth century, academic nativism had taken root in elite American colleges—specifically, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant hegemony was endangered by new kinds of student, many of them Catholic and Jewish immigrants. The newcomers threatened to displace native-born Americans by raising academic standards and winning a disproportionate share of the scholarships. The Half-Opened Door analyzes the role of these institutions, casting light on their place in class structure and values in the United States. It details the origins, history, and demise of discriminatory admissions processes and depicts how the entrenched position of the upper class was successfully challenged. The educational, and hence economic, mobility of Catholics and Jews has shown other groups—for example, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Spanish-speaking Americans—not only the difficulties that these earlier aspirants had in overcoming class and ethnic barriers, but the fact that it can be done. One of the ironies of the history of higher education in the United States is the use of quotas by admissions committees. Restrictive measures were imposed on Jews because they were so successful, whereas benign quotas are currently used to encourage underrepresented minorities to enter colleges and professional schools. The competing claims of both the older and the newer minorities continue to be the subject of controversy, editorial comments, and court cases—and will be for years to come.
The Congregational Year-book
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Michigan Bibliography: Books, pamphlets, etc
Author: The Alumni Record of the University of Illinois, Chicago Departments
Author: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Appendix to the Journal of the House of the Representatives
Author: New Zealand. Legislature. House of RepresentativesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Books, pamphlets, etc. -v.2. Maps and atlases. Manuscripts in the Burton historical collection
Author: Michigan Historical CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Hearings Before the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Naval AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1382
Book Description