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ZW-GwMSU |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20240805091731.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780674088696 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
rda |
| Language of cataloging |
English |
| Transcribing agency |
MSULIB |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
LB2371.4 POS |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Posselt, Julie R. |
| Relator term |
author |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Inside graduate admissions : |
| Remainder of title |
merit, diversity, and faculty gatekeeping / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
created by Julie R. Posselt. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Harvard University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2016. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 250 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| content type term |
text |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia |
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n |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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rdacarrier |
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nc |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
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 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"How does graduate admissions work? Who does the system work for, and who falls through its cracks? More people than ever seek graduate degrees, but little has been written about who gets in and why. Drawing on firsthand observations of admission committees and interviews with faculty in 10 top-ranked doctoral programs in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, education professor Julie Posselt pulls back the curtain on a process usually conducted in secret. Inside Graduate Admissions presents admissions from decision makers' point of view, including thought-provoking episodes of committees debating the process, interviewing applicants, and grappling with borderline cases. Who ultimately makes the admit list reveals as much about how professors see themselves--and each other--as it does about how they view students. Professors in these programs say that they admit on merit, but they act on different meanings of the term. Disciplinary norms shape what counts as merit, as do professors' ideas about intelligence and their aversions to risk, conflict, ambiguity, and change. Professors also say that they seek diversity, but Posselt shows that their good intentions don't translate into results. In fact, faculty weigh diversity in only a small fraction of admissions decisions. Often, they rely upon criteria that keep longstanding inequalities in place. More equitable outcomes occur when admissions committees are themselves diverse and when members take a fresh look at inherited assumptions that affect their judgment. To help academic departments promote tra |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Universities and colleges |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| General subdivision |
Graduate work |
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Admission. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Discrimination in higher education |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Minorities |
| General subdivision |
Education (Higher) |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Universities and colleges |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| General subdivision |
Faculty. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Teacher participation in administration |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type |
Book |