Student Diversity at the Big Three

Taylor & Francis

Student Diversity at the Big ThreeChanges at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton Since the 1920s\nAuthor(s): Marcia Synnott\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138515109, 978-1138515109\nSynopsis\nStrengthening affirmative action programs and fighting discrimination present challenges to America's best private and public universities. US college enrollments swelled from [url] million students in 1955 to [url] million by 2005. Ivy League universities, specifically Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, face significant challenges in maintaining their professed goal to educate a reasonable number of students from all ethnic, racial, religious, and socio-economic groups while maintaining the loyalty of their alumni.\n\nCollege admissions officers in these elite universities have the daunting task of selecting a balanced student body. Added to their challenges, the economic recession of [tel] negatively impacted potential applicants f.