Equal Access to Postsecondary Education: Myth or Reality?.

Astin, Alexander W.

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Publication Date: 1977

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Equal Access to Postsecondary Education: Myth or Reality?

Astin, Alexander W.

UCLA Educator, 19, 3, 8-17, Spr 77

It is possible to argue that higher education in the United States has evolved into a highly refined institutional-status hierarchy. Examines this hierarchy in both the private and public school systems with particular attention to the kinds of students attending these institutions. (Author/RK)

Descriptors: College Admission, Competitive Selection, Data Analysis, Educational Objectives, Educational Resources, Equal Education, Expenditure per Student, Higher Education, Student Characteristics, Student Subcultures, Tables (Data)

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