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Author Carnevale, Anthony Patrick, author.

Title The merit myth : how our colleges favor the rich and divide America / Anthony P. Carnevale, Peter Schmidt, Jeff Strohl.

Publication Info. New York : The New Press, [2020]

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  378.198 CARNEVALE    Check Shelf
Description 302 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : Jarred awake from the American dream -- What the nation needs -- The rise of the sorting machine -- Understanding the odds -- Standardized bias -- Separate and unequal -- The fight for fairness -- Built to collapse -- College for all.
Summary "An eye-opening and timely look at how colleges drive the very inequalities they are meant to remedy, complete with a call - and a vision - for change"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Discrimination in higher education -- United States.
Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States.
College attendance -- Social aspects -- United States.
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission.
College attendance -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00867719
Discrimination in higher education. (OCoLC)fst00895076
Education, Higher -- Economic aspects. (OCoLC)fst00903047
Universities and colleges -- Admission. (OCoLC)fst01161621
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Schmidt, Peter, 1964 January 20- author.
Strohl, Jeff, author.
ISBN 9781620974865 (hardcover)
162097486X (hardcover)
9781620974872 (electronic book)
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