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100	1		_aLemann, Nicholas, _d1954- _947566
245	1	0	_aHigher admissions : _bthe rise, decline, and return of standardized testing / _cNicholas Lemann.
264		1	_aPrinceton: _bPrinceton University Press, _c2024.
300			_avi, 160 pages ; _c21 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aOur compelling interests
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 143-151) and index.
505	0		_aThe birth of the American meritocracy -- Higher education for all -- Testing, Affirmative Action, and the law -- Admissions without testing -- Testing without meritocracy -- Commentary: Higher admissions, a California perspective / Patricia Gándara -- Commentary: The future of the meritocracy / Marvin Krislov -- Commentary: The multiple lives and ironies of the SAT / Prudence L. Carter.
520			_aHow to make American higher education fairer--In the 1930s, American colleges and universities began to screen applications using the SAT, a mass-administered, IQ-descended standardized test. The widespread adoption of the test accompanied the development of the world's first mass higher education system--and served to promote the idea that the United States was becoming a "meritocracy" in which admission to selective higher education institutions would be granted to those who most deserved it. In Higher Admissions, Nicholas Lemann reflects on the state of America's aspirational meritocracy and the enduring value and meaning of standardized testing. Lemann writes that the anticipation of the Supreme Court's 2023 decision banning affirmative action, plus the Covid pandemic, led hundreds of universities to stop requiring standardized admissions tests; now many colleges and universities are reinstituting test requirements. The country is preoccupied with the admissions policies of the most selective universities, but Lemann redirects our attention to an alternate path that American higher education could have taken, and can still take--one that emphasizes selective admission less and significant upgrade of the entire higher education system more. Lemann argues that to improve the state of higher education overall, we should focus not on the narrow chokepoint of admission to highly selective colleges, but on efforts to create as much meaningful opportunity for flourishing in our vast higher education system for as many people as possible. The book includes thoughtful and challenging responses from Marvin Krislov, Patricia Gándara, and Prudence Carter.-- _cFront jacket flap.
650		0	_aUniversities and colleges _zUnited States _xAdmission.
650		0	_aUniversities and colleges _zUnited States _xEntrance examinations.
650		0	_aCollege entrance achievement tests _zUnited States.
650		4	_aUniversidades y colegios _zEstados Unidos _xAdmisión _928989
650		4	_aUniversidades _zEstados Unidos _xRequisitos de ingreso _947712
650		4	_aExámenes de admisión a la universidad _zEstados Unidos _910007
650		6	_aUniversités _zÉtats-Unis _xAdmission.
650		6	_aUniversités _zÉtats-Unis _xExamens d'entrée.
650		6	_aUniversités _xAdmission _xTests de rendement _zÉtats-Unis.
655		7	_aDocuments d'information. _2rvmgf
830		0	_aOur compelling interests (Series) _9634
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