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50 Years of ERIC
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The Prestige Game in American Higher Education.
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Conrad, Clifton F.; Eagan, David J. – Thought and Action, 1989
Consequences for institutional quality when playing the Prestige Game are examined. Six behaviors that characterize participation in the Prestige Game are identified: recruiting star faculty, tightening admissions standards, raising tuition, reforming curriculum, building partnerships with business, and institutional imaging. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Admission, College Faculty, Curriculum Development
The Long Road: Desegregating Higher Education.
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Conrad, Clifton F.; Shrode, Paul E. – Thought and Action, 1990
In concert with statewide initiatives, individual colleges and universities must continue to renew their commitments to ensuring equal opportunity and eliminating vestiges of segregation, through recruitment, admissions, and financial aid and working in the public schools to increase minority interest in college. The federal role must become…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, College Desegregation, Desegregation Methods