The Conditions for Admission: Access, Equity, and the Social Contract of Public Universities

by John Douglass

Book Overview

The social contract of public universities--the progressive idea that any citizen who meets specified academic conditions can gain entry to their state university--has profoundly shaped American society. This book offers the first comprehensive examination of admission policies and practices at public universities. Using the University of California, the nation's largest public research university and among its most selective, as an illuminating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804755590
• ISBN13: 9780804755597
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.9"