Changing the Odds : Open Admissions and the Life Chances of the Disadvantaged / David E. Lavin, David Hyllegard
Language: English
Published by New Haven : Yale University Press, C1996, 1996
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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 292 pages; Evaluates the controversial open -admissions experiment. Subjects: City University of New York - Open admission - Case studies. 1 Kg.
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- Title
- Changing the Odds : Open Admissions and the Life Chances of the Disadvantaged / David E. Lavin, David Hyllegard
- Author
- Lavin, David E.
- Publisher
- New Haven : Yale University Press, C1996
- Publication year
- 1996
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0300063288
- ISBN 13
- 9780300063288
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
Although critics predicted that the open-admissions policy would sweep away academic standards and result in watered-down degrees of little value David Lavin and David Hyllegard present data to show that students who graduated were able not only to earn postgraduate degrees at non-CUNY institutions but also to obtain good jobs--far better than the jobs they could have expected without the opportunity open admissions gave them. Indeed in one year in the 1980s say the authors open-admissions students earned $67 million more than they would have if they had not gone to college.
Notwithstanding the successes of open admissions attacks on it have continued and as the book shows minority access to college has been cut back significantly at CUNY and elsewhere. This book provides ammunition for those who want to challenge emerging policies that narrow educational opportunities for minority students and poor people.
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