圖書標籤: 教育 美國 大學 人性 心理 大學錄取 business DanielGolden
发表于2024-11-22
The Price of Admission pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024
Every spring thousands of middle-class and lower-income high-school seniors learn that they have been rejected by America’s most exclusive colleges. What they may never learn is how many candidates like themselves have been passed over in favor of wealthy white students with lesser credentials—children of alumni, big donors, or celebrities.
In this explosive book, the Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Daniel Golden argues that America, the so-called land of opportunity, is rapidly becoming an aristocracy in which America’s richest families receive special access to elite higher education—enabling them to give their children even more of a head start. Based on two years of investigative reporting and hundreds of interviews with students, parents, school administrators, and admissions personnel—some of whom risked their jobs to speak to the author— The Price of Admission exposes the corrupt admissions practices that favor the wealthy, the powerful, and the famous.
In The Price of Admission , Golden names names, along with grades and test scores. He reveals how the sons of former vice president Al Gore, one-time Hollywood power broker Michael Ovitz, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist leapt ahead of more deserving applicants at Harvard, Brown, and Princeton. He explores favoritism at the Ivy Leagues, Duke, the University of Virginia, and Notre Dame, among other institutions. He reveals that colleges hold Asian American students to a higher standard than whites; comply with Title IX by giving scholarships to rich women in “patrician sports” like horseback riding, squash, and crew; and repay congressmen for favors by admitting their children. He also reveals that Harvard maintains a “Z-list” for well-connected but underqualified students, who are quietly admitted on the condition that they wait a year to enroll.
The Price of Admission explodes the myth of an American meritocracy—the belief that no matter what your background, if you are smart and diligent enough, you will have access to the nation’s most elite universities. It is must reading not only for parents and students with a personal stake in college admissions, but also for those disturbed by the growing divide between ordinary and privileged Americans.
From the Hardcover edition.
想送孩子去美帝讀書的傢長們都應該讀讀~
評分好好看,好多人名,就喜歡這種
評分還沒看完,但是很好的紀實。本書生動展現瞭我反對國內中上層階級呼籲的素質教育的原因,一旦選拔標準變得主觀,再加上資金來源的考慮,金錢就會起到不可思議的作用。就美國而言,擺在颱麵上的通道有legacy and development cases. legacy 是校友的孩子,development是非校友但有捐助潛力的孩子。我校據說25%都是development cases. 和我熟的老師說, development office工作就是拍有錢人馬屁。沒擺在颱麵上的錄取渠道是靠富人體育運動特招,如馬球、壁球、賽艇等。以前以為美國藤校多麼厲害,直到我自己給本科生做瞭TA, wealthy kids 的反智和傲慢讓人震驚,而他們享受的資源是北大清華都比不上的。
評分還是喜歡捐款不送子女錄取名額,送小行星命名的加州理工。美國大學裏的一股清流
評分好好看,好多人名,就喜歡這種
我也标题党一下,不过离原书的宗旨也不太远,毕竟原书的副标题就是“美国的统治阶级如何用钱铺路进入精英大学,而谁又被关在门外”。 本来买这本书时有点犹豫,因为书里讲的精英大学的不公平是众所周知的事情,知道得更多一点对我也没什么用处。但看到之前读的好几本书里都引用...
評分我也标题党一下,不过离原书的宗旨也不太远,毕竟原书的副标题就是“美国的统治阶级如何用钱铺路进入精英大学,而谁又被关在门外”。 本来买这本书时有点犹豫,因为书里讲的精英大学的不公平是众所周知的事情,知道得更多一点对我也没什么用处。但看到之前读的好几本书里都引用...
評分读这本书之前,我就在某个研讨会上听夏老师提到过哈佛的一个基金会。基金会到北京找到他,告诉他交100万美元就能为他的孩子提供校友面试辅导,让他稳进哈佛。这本书真的提到了那个基金会,以及其它令人震惊的美国本科招生黑幕——我终于明白为什么美国本科申请难以出名校。 在...
評分我也标题党一下,不过离原书的宗旨也不太远,毕竟原书的副标题就是“美国的统治阶级如何用钱铺路进入精英大学,而谁又被关在门外”。 本来买这本书时有点犹豫,因为书里讲的精英大学的不公平是众所周知的事情,知道得更多一点对我也没什么用处。但看到之前读的好几本书里都引用...
評分读这本书之前,我就在某个研讨会上听夏老师提到过哈佛的一个基金会。基金会到北京找到他,告诉他交100万美元就能为他的孩子提供校友面试辅导,让他稳进哈佛。这本书真的提到了那个基金会,以及其它令人震惊的美国本科招生黑幕——我终于明白为什么美国本科申请难以出名校。 在...
The Price of Admission pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024