11. The Waning of America’s Higher Education Advantage

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures and Tables ix
4. Preface xi
5. Part I Building a Public University and Creating the Social Contract
6. 1. The Public University Movement and California 1
7. 2. Building a Higher Education System and Broadening Access 31
8. 3. Inclusion, Exclusion, and the Issue of Race 46
9. Part II The Managerial University and the Post–World War II Era
10. 4. The Master Plan, the SAT, and Managing Demand 77
11. 5. Countervailing Forces: Standardized Testing and Affirmative Action 93
12. 6. For Every Action a Reaction: Race, Bakke, and the Social Contract Revisited 120
13. Part III Modern Battles over Equity, Affirmative Action, and Testing
14. 7. California’s Affirmative-Action Fight 149
15. 8. The First Aftermath: Outreach and Comprehensive Review 184
16. 9. The Second Aftermath: President Atkinson Versus the SAT 214
17. Part IV Whither the Social Contract? The Postmodern World and the Primacy of Higher Education
18. 10. Perils and Opportunities: Autonomy, Merit, and Privatization 235
19. 11. The Waning of America’s Higher Education Advantage 261
20. Notes 293
21. Index 323