ERIC Number: EJ643314
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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The Early-Decision Racket.
Fallows, James
Atlantic, v288 n2 p37-52 Sep 2001
Discusses why early-decision programs have added an "insane intensity to middle-class obsessions about college." Asserts that they distort the admissions process, rewarding the richest students from the most exclusive high schools and penalizing nearly everyone else, but that the incentives for many colleges and students are "as irresistible as they are perverse." (EV)
Descriptors: Affluent Youth, College Admission, College Applicants, Early Admission, Higher Education, Problems, Selective Colleges
Atlantic Monthly, 77 N. Washington St., Boston, MA 02114. Tel: 617-854-7700; Fax: 617-854-7876.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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