scholarly journals Why Don’t Elite Colleges Expand Supply?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Blair ◽  
Kent Smetters
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2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 4-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen D. Arnold

Prestigious institutions have always had a reputation for producing top leaders. Why is this? Do they truly offer a superior education or simply connections and influence? And what about students who attend good, but not elite, colleges? Does everyone have a chance to make it to the top?





2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Rivas-Drake ◽  
Margarita Mooney


2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Carson Byrd ◽  
Rachelle J. Brunn-Bevel ◽  
Parker R. Sexton

AbstractThe examination of student group performance is a constant need as American higher education continues to expand and become more racially and ethnically diverse. Recent scholarship on the academic performance of Black students at elite colleges and universities has glossed over possible disparities among these students, particularly among different immigrant groups. The current study clarifies these differences in academic performance by examining four Black student groups at elite colleges and universities in the United States: native Blacks, Black immigrants from Africa, Black immigrants from the Caribbean and Latin America, and Black immigrants from other parts of the globe. The analyses point to many similarities and differences among the four Black student groups in their characteristics and influences on their academic performance in college such as gender, precollege friendships, high school academic preparation, college major, and closeness to Whites and Blacks. Additionally, this study found evidence of possible colorism among Black students at elite colleges.



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