Diversity, Opportunity, and the Shifting Meritocracy in Higher Education

By Sigal Alon, M. Tienda. 2007

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Creating College Opportunity: School Counselors and Their Influence on Postsecondary Enrollment (2013, background): “achievement and ability as measured by respondents’ high school GPA (grades 9 through 12) and standardized assessment scores(4) (Adelman 2006; Alon and Tienda 2007), curricular intensity as indicated by the highest math course that respondents have completed(5) (Attewell and Domina 2008; Martinez an”
Race and Stratification in College Enrollment Over Time (2018, background): “…selective colleges does not appear equal between groups— minority and low-income students attend selective colleges at disproportionately low rates (Alon & Tienda, 2007; Astin & Oseguera, 2004; Bowen & Bok, 1998; Engberg, 2012; Posselt, Jaquette, Bielby, & Bastedo, 2012; Reardon, Baker, & Klasik,…”
Shadow Education, American Style: Test Preparation, the SAT and College Enrollment (2010, background): “…Board 2007; Grodsky, Warren and Felts 2008). l In light of the growing importance of test scores for college admission over the past several decades (see Alon and Tienda 2007), it should not be surprising that SAT preparation services have developed into a lucrative multi-million dollar industry.”
Academic Achievement in the First Year of College: Evidence of the Pervasive Effects of the High School Context (2010, background): “Demographic projections indicate that the number of 18 year olds peaked in 2008, and given the steady increase in college application rates and the emphasis placed on national college rankings, the college admissions process may be more competitive today than at any other time in history (Alon and T”
Race, income, and enrollment patterns in highly selective colleges, 1982-2004 (2012, background): “In other words, these “top ten percent” strategies are not, by themselves, effective methods of creating diverse student bodies at the most selective colleges and universities.”
Social Capital and Knowledge Integration in Digitally Enabled Teams (2008, background): “The task was an admission task, so the subjects should be familiar with the task context, as the admission process has become more competitive, requiring applicants to invest more time in the application process (Alon and Tienda 2007).”
Discrimination in the Credential Society: An Audit Study of Race and College Selectivity in the Labor Market (2015, neutral): “…is explained by the stratified higher-education system in the United States; blacks, Hispanics, and low-income students are much less likely to attend highly selective institutions than whites, Asians, and highincome students (Alon and Tienda 2007; Bowen and Bok 1998; Carnevale and Rose 2003).”
Access Without Equity (2012, background): “…not striving to accelerate their qualifications relative to White and Asian students on criteria that affect enrollment.6 Beginning with the latter, our findings corroborate the importance of reducing racial/ethnic gaps in academic preparation (Alon & Tienda, 2007; Espenshade, Hale, & Chung, 2005).”
Running in Place: Low-Income Students and the Dynamics of Higher Education Stratification (2011, background): “By contrast, Alon and Tienda (2007) find that as the number of positions in selective institutions decreased relative to the number of aspirants for these positions, selective institutions increasingly relied on SAT scores to cull applicants.”
The Test-Optional Movement at America’s Selective Liberal Arts Colleges (2015, methodology): “Alon and Tienda (2007), for example, used data from two nationally representative studies to discover that, on average, America’s most selective schools ascribe more weight to test scores than grades when evaluating applicants.”