The chosen : the hidden history of admission and exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton

The Author Presents The Findings Of His Survey Of Admissions At Princeton, Revealing A Century Of Exclusion That Cuts To The Core Of The American Experience, While Raising Questions About The Stratification Of Higher Education In America. Part I: The Origins Of Selective Admissions, 1900-1933 (1. Elite Education And The Protestant Ethos; 2. The Big Three Before Selective Admissions; 3. Harvard And The Battle Over Restriction; 4. The Jewish Problem At Yale And Princeton) -- Part Ii: The Struggle Over Meritocracy, 1933-1965 (5. Harvard's Conant: The Man And His Ideals; 6. The Reality Of Admissions Under Conant; 7. Reluctant Reform Comes To Yale; 8. Princeton: The Club Expands Its Membership; 9. Wilbur Bender And His Legacy; 10. Tradition And Change At Old Nassau; 11. Yale: From Insularity To Inclusion) -- Part Iii: Inclusion And The Persistence Of Priviledge, 1965-2005 (12. Inky Clark, Kingman Brewster, And The Revolution At Yale; 13. Racial Conflict And The Incorporation Of Blacks; 14. Coeducation And The Struggle For Gender Equality; 15. The Alumni Revolt At Yale And Princeton; 16. Diversity, The Bakke Case, And The Defense Of Autonomy; 17. Money, The Market Ethos, And The Struggle For Position; 18. The Battle Over Merit). Jerome Karabel. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [676]-682) And Index. A landmark work of social and cultural history, The Chosen vividly reveals the changing dynamics of power and privilege in America over the past century. Full of colorful characters (including Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, James Bryant Conant, and Kingman Brewster), it shows how the ferocious battles over admissions at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton shaped the American elite and bequeathed to us the peculiar system of college admissions that we have today. From the bitter anti-Semitism of the 1920s to the rise of the meritocracy" at midcentury to the debate over affirmative action today, Jerome Karabel sheds surprising new light on the main events and social movements of the twentieth century. No one who reads this remarkable book will ever think about college admissions -- or America -- in the same way again. Elite Education and the Protestant Ethos The Big Three Before Selective Admissions Harvard and the Battle Over Restriction The "Jewish Problem" at Yale and Princeton Harvard's Conant: The Man and his Ideals The Reality of Admission Under Conant Relucatant Redorm Comes to Yale Princeton: The Club Expands Its Membership Wilbur Bender and His Legacy Tradition and Change at Old Nassau Yale: From Insularity to Inclusion Inky Clark, Kingman Brewster and the Revolution at Yale Radical Conflict and the Incorporation of Blacks Coeducation and the Struggle for Gender Equality The Alumni Revolt at Yale and Princeton Diversity, the Bakke Case and the Defense of Autonomy Money, the Market Ethos, and the Struggle for Position The Battle over Merit The author presents the findings of his survey of admissions at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, revealing a century of exclusion that cuts to the core of the American experience, while raising questions about the stratification of higher education in America.