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The Shape of the River : Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions Twentieth Anniversary Edition / Derek Bok, William G. Bowen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The William G. Bowen Series ; 118Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (528 p.) : 103 b/w illus., 93 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691182483
  • 9780691184227
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378 23/eng
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Historical Context -- Chapter 2. The Admissions Process and "Race-Neutrality" -- Chapter 3. Academic Outcomes -- Chapter 4. Advanced Study: Graduate and Professional Degrees -- Chapter 5. Employment, Earnings, and Job Satisfaction -- Chapter 6. Civic Participation and Satisfaction with Life -- Chapter 7. Looking Back: Views of College -- Chapter 8. Diversity: Perceptions and Realities -- Chapter 9. Informing the Debate -- Chapter 10. Summing Up -- AFTERWORD -- Appendix A. The College and Beyond Database -- Appendix B. Notes on Methodology -- Appendix C. Earnings in Relation to Advanced Degrees, Sector of Employment, and Occupation -- Appendix D. Additional Tables -- References -- Index
Summary: First published in 1998, William Bowen and Derek Bok's The Shape of the River became an immediate landmark in the debate over affirmative action in America. It grounded a contentious subject in concrete data at a time when arguments surrounding it were characterized more by emotion than evidence-and it made a forceful case that race-conscious admissions were successfully helping to promote equal opportunity. Today, the issue of affirmative action remains unsettled. Much has changed, but The Shape of the River continues to present the most compelling data available about the effects of affirmative action. Now with a new foreword by Nicholas Lemann and an afterword by Derek Bok, The Shape of the River is an essential text for anyone seeking to understand race-conscious admissions in higher education.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Historical Context -- Chapter 2. The Admissions Process and "Race-Neutrality" -- Chapter 3. Academic Outcomes -- Chapter 4. Advanced Study: Graduate and Professional Degrees -- Chapter 5. Employment, Earnings, and Job Satisfaction -- Chapter 6. Civic Participation and Satisfaction with Life -- Chapter 7. Looking Back: Views of College -- Chapter 8. Diversity: Perceptions and Realities -- Chapter 9. Informing the Debate -- Chapter 10. Summing Up -- AFTERWORD -- Appendix A. The College and Beyond Database -- Appendix B. Notes on Methodology -- Appendix C. Earnings in Relation to Advanced Degrees, Sector of Employment, and Occupation -- Appendix D. Additional Tables -- References -- Index

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First published in 1998, William Bowen and Derek Bok's The Shape of the River became an immediate landmark in the debate over affirmative action in America. It grounded a contentious subject in concrete data at a time when arguments surrounding it were characterized more by emotion than evidence-and it made a forceful case that race-conscious admissions were successfully helping to promote equal opportunity. Today, the issue of affirmative action remains unsettled. Much has changed, but The Shape of the River continues to present the most compelling data available about the effects of affirmative action. Now with a new foreword by Nicholas Lemann and an afterword by Derek Bok, The Shape of the River is an essential text for anyone seeking to understand race-conscious admissions in higher education.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021)