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13. Why It Matters

  • Charles T. Clotfelter
© 2018 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

© 2018 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

Chapters in this book

  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
Unequal Colleges in the Age of Disparity
This chapter is in the book Unequal Colleges in the Age of Disparity
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674982499-013

Chapters in this book

  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
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