The Source of the River: The Social Origins of Freshmen at America's Selective Colleges and Universities

by Douglas S. Massey, Camille Z. Charles, Garvey Lundy, et al.

Book Overview

African Americans and Latinos earn lower grades and drop out of college more often than whites or Asians. Yet thirty years after deliberate minority recruitment efforts began, we still don't know why. In The Shape of the River, William Bowen and Derek Bok documented the benefits of affirmative action for minority students, their communities, and the nation at large. But they also found that too many failed to achieve academic success. In...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069112597X
• ISBN13: 9780691125978
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"