Frontmatter

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Part I. Context
4. 1. Unequal Colleges 3
5. 2. System, Industry, or Crazy Quilt? 15
6. 3. Snapshot, Circa 1970 52
7. 4. Outside Forces 76
8. Part II. Supply
9. 5. The Inequality Dividend 113
10. 6. Zero-Sum Competition 147
11. 7. Evolution in the Core Business 176
12. Part III. Demand
13. 8. Scholastic Segregation 207
14. 9. Economic Stratification 228
15. 10. Sorting by Seriousness 256
16. 11. Sorting by Belief ? 281
17. Part IV. Consequences
18. 12. Outcomes 305
19. 13. Why It Matters 336
20. Appendix: Table A.1 Shares by College Category of Total Undergraduate Enrollment in 1,157 Four-Year Institutions 357
21. Appendix: Table A.2 The Dwindling Share of Places at Elite Colleges 359
22. Notes 361
23. References 409
24. Acknowledgments 425
25. Index 427