A new book of possible interest from Harvard U Press

	Creating a Class
	College Admissions and the Education of Elites MITCHELL L. STEVENS To order a copy of Creating a Class, visit our website or call 1-800-405-1619 (U.S. and Canada only). Table of Contents   Book Index   Read an excerpt
In real life, Stevens is a professor in bustling New York. But for a year and a half, he worked in the admissions office of a bucolic New England college known for its high academic standards, beautiful campus, and social conscience. Ambitious high schoolers and savvy guidance counselors know that admission here is highly competitive. But creating classes, Stevens finds, is a lot more complicated than most people imagine. "Skillfully blending facts and figures with evocative case studies, Mitchell Stevens illuminates the process of admissions to an elite college, and shows how vexed and conflicted it is." —Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard University "At the most influential American colleges, growing competition to be selective and to be selected is undermining the democratic values traditionally entrusted to higher education. Rather than serving as routes to social mobility, many college admission offices end up perpetuating the status quo. Mitchell Stevens's thoughtful and eloquent book illuminates the machinations of the system—and its consequences." —Lloyd Thacker, President, Education Conservancy and editor of College Unranked "This fascinating book uses fly-on-the-wall reporting to show how decision-makers at a prestigious liberal arts college unwittingly perpetuate an American elite. Mitchell Stevens has done a real service by pulling back the curtain on the secretive college admissions process." —Susan Coll, author of Acceptance: A Novel ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mitchell L. Stevens is Associate Professor of Education and Sociology at New York University.
Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of Elites 2007 / 320 pp. / Cloth $25.95 / ISBN 978-0-674-02673-5 TO ORDER: order online call 1-800-405-1619 (U.S. and Canada only)     Other titles in Education 79 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 USA Thank you for your interest in Harvard University Press books. PRIVACY AND UNSUBSCRIBE NOTICE As stated in the Harvard University Press Global Privacy Statement, Harvard University Press honors its customers' choices to receive information about Harvard University Press products and services. To unsubscribe, or if you received this message in error, please use the link provided at the end of this message. Customer Service: (phone) 1-401-531-2800; (email) contact_hup@harvard.edu

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