The Price of Admission by Daniel Golden

The Price of Admission by Daniel Golden

NATIONAL BESTSELER - A fire-breathing, righteous attack on the culture of superprivilege.--Michael Wolff, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Fire and Fury, in the New York Times Book Review

NOW WITH NEW REPORTING ON OPERATION VARSITY BLUES

In this explosive and prescient book, based on three years of investigative report­ing, Pulitzer Prize winner Daniel Golden shatters the myth of an American meri­tocracy. Naming names, along with grades and test scores, Golden lays bare a corrupt system in which middle-class and working-class whites and Asian Ameri­cans are routinely passed over in favor of wealthy white students with lesser credentials--children of alumni, big donors, and celebrities. He reveals how a family donation got Jared Kushner into Harvard, and how colleges comply with Title IX by giving scholarships to rich women in patrician sports like horseback riding and crew.

With a riveting new chapter on Operation Varsity Blues, based on original re­porting, The Price of Admission is a must-read--not only for parents and students with a personal stake in college admissions but also for those disturbed by the growing divide between ordinary and privileged Americans.

Praise for The Price of Admission

A disturbing expos of the influence that wealth and power still exert on admission to the nation's most prestigious universities.--The Washington Post

Deserves to become a classic.--The Economist

Daniel Golden is a senior editor at ProPublica. He was previously a managing editor at Bloomberg News, the deputy Boston bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal, and a reporter for The Boston Globe. The recipient of many journalistic honors, including the Pulitzer Prize and three George Polk Awards, he holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College.

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ISBN 13	9781400097968
ISBN 10	1400097967
Title	The Price of Admission
Author	Daniel Golden
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Year published	2006-09-05
Number of pages	323
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