Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of Elites

by Mitchell L. Stevens

Book Overview

Stevens explains how elite colleges and universities have assumed their central role in the production of the nation's most privileged classes. This book makes clear that, for better or worse, these schools now define the standards of youthful accomplishment in American culture more generally.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067402673X
• ISBN13: 9780674026735
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.4"