基本説明
Using the University of California as an illuminating case study, it explores debates over affirmative action, gender, class, standardized testing, and the growing influences of privatizations and globalization.
Full Description
The social contract of public universities—the progressive idea that any citizen who meets specified academic conditions can gain entry to their state university—has profoundly shaped American society. This book offers the first comprehensive examination of admission policies and practices at public universities. Using the University of California, the nation's largest public research university and among its most selective, as an illuminating case study, it explores historical and contemporary debates over affirmative action, gender, class, standardized testing, and the growing influences of privatization and globalization, and indeed the very purpose and future of these important public institutions.
The United States has been the world leader in developing mass higher education, using its pioneering network of public universities to promote socioeconomic mobility and national economic competitiveness. But the author warns that access and graduation rates have stagnated and may even be declining, particularly among younger students. Other countries, including key members of the European Union, along with China, India, and other developing nations, are aggressively reshaping and expanding their higher education systems. The "American advantage" of a high-quality and high-access higher education system is waning. The closing chapters explore why this is the case and the consequences within an increasingly competitive global economy.
Contents
Contents List of Figures and Tables 000 Preface 000 Part I Building a Public University and Creating the Social Contract 000 Chapter 1 The Public University Movement and California 000 Chapter 2 Building a Higher Education System and Broadening Access 000 Chapter 3 Inclusion, Exclusion, and the Issue of Race 000 Part II The Managerial University and the Post\-World War II Era 000 Chapter 4 The Master Plan, the SAT, and Managing Demand 000 Chapter 5 Countervailing Forces: Standardized Testing and Affirmative Action 000 Chapter 6 For Every Action a Reaction: Race, Bakke, and the Social Contract Revisited 000 Part III Modern Battles over Equity, Affirmative Action, and Testing 000 Chapter 7 California's Affirmative-Action Fight 000 Chapter 8 The First Aftermath: Outreach and Comprehensive Review 000 Chapter 9 The Second Aftermath: President Atkinson Versus the SAT 000 Part IV Whither the Social Contract? The Postmodern World and the Primacy of Higher Education 000 Chapter 10 Perils and Opportunities: Autonomy, Merit, and Privatization 000 Chapter 11 The Waning of America's Higher Education Advantage 000 Notes Index
