Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-239) and index
Subject
universities and colleges, United States, graduate work, admission discrimination in higher education, United States minorities, education (higher), United States
Genre
Scientific literature/Ғылыми әдебиет/Научная литература
Summary
Advanced degrees are necessary for careers that once required only a college education. Yet little has been written about who gets into grad school and why. Julie Posselt pulls back the curtain on this secret process, revealing how faculty evaluate applicants in top-ranked doctoral programs in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences
Contents
Introduction: Gatekeeping reconsidered -- Decision making as deliberative bureaucracy -- Meanings of merit and diversity -- Disciplinary logics -- Mirror, mirror -- The search for intelligent life -- International students and ambiguities of holistic review -- Conclusion: Merit beyond the mirror
