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　　Every spring thousands of middle-class and lower-income

high-school seniors learn that they have been rejected by America’s

most exclusive colleges. What they may never learn is how many

candidates like themselves have been passed over in favor of

wealthy white students with lesser credentials—children of alumni,

big donors, or celebrities.

In this explosive book, the Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter

Daniel Golden argues that America, the so-called land of

opportunity, is rapidly becoming an aristocracy in which America’s

richest families receive special access to elite higher

education—enabling them to give their children even more of a head

start. Based on two years of investigative reporting and hundreds

of interviews with students, parents, school administrators, and

admissions personnel—some of whom risked their jobs to speak to the

author—The Price of Admission exposes the corrupt admissions

practices that favor the wealthy, the powerful, and the

famous.

In The Price of Admission, Golden names names, along with grades

and test scores. He reveals how the sons of former vice president

Al Gore, one-time Hollywood power broker Michael Ovitz, and Senate

Majority Leader Bill Frist leapt ahead of more deserving applicants

at Harvard, Brown, and Princeton. He explores favoritism at the Ivy

Leagues, Duke, the University of Virginia, and Notre Dame, among

other institutions. He reveals that colleges hold Asian American

students to a higher standard than whites; comply with Title IX by

giving scholarships to rich women in “patrician sports” like

horseback riding, squash, and crew; and repay congressmen for

favors by admitting their children. He also reveals that Harvard

maintains a “Z-list” for well-connected but underqualified

students, who are quietly admitted on the condition that they wait

a year to enroll.

The Price of Admission explodes the myth of an American

meritocracy—the belief that no matter what your background, if you

are smart and diligent enough, you will have access to the nation’s

most elite universities. It is must reading 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.

From the Hardcover edition.

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　　Daniel Golden is Deputy Bureau Chief at the Boston bureau of

The Wall Street Journal, where he has covered education since 1999.

Previously, he was a reporter at the Boston Globe. The recipient of

numerous journalistic honors and awards, including the Pulitzer

Prize and the George Polk Award, he holds a B.A. from Harvard

College. He lives with his wife and son in Belmont,

Massachusetts.

　　From the Hardcover edition.

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　　“A delicious account of gross inequities in high places. . . .

[Golden] is the Ida Tarbell of college admissions. . . . A

fire-breathing, righteous attack on the culture of

super-priviledge.”

　　–Michael Wolff, New York Times Book Review

　　“Deserves to become a classic. . . . Why do Mr Golden's findings

matter so much? The most important reason is that America is

witnessing a potentially explosive combination of trends. Social

inequality is rising at a time when the escalators of social

mobility are slowing.”

　　–The Economist

　　“I was bowled over by The Price of Admission. Daniel Golden makes

a frightening case for why the playing field in higher education is

still not level, despite all the attempts during the past several

decades to make it so. This book is essential reading for anyone

connected with higher education.” -Henry Louis Gates, Jr., W.E.B.

Du Bois Professor of the Humanities, Harvard

　　“I didn’t want to believe that rich families and celebrities buy

places for their children in America’s best colleges. But Daniel

Golden’s evidence is overwhelming. This book should be read by

everyone who cares about preserving higher education as a route for

developing talent, not rewarding privilege.”

　　-Diane Ravitch, research professor of education, New York

University, and author of Left Back

　　“If you did not attend or do not teach at a prestigious

university, do not play polo well enough to pass it on, and do not

have a cool million lying around to buy a place in the freshman

class, your child might not make it into the school he or she

deserves to attend. Daniel Golden explains why in this passionately

written and bitingly acute book.”

　　-Alan Wolfe, professor of political science, Boston College, and

author of One Nation, After All

　　“Daniel Golden makes a trenchant and convincing case that

admission to America’s elite universities has too often turned into

a system for reinforcing wealth and privilege, rather than opening

new opportunities. He names names—and test scores, and family

donation levels. In the wake of this book, the university

establishment has some explaining to do.”

　　-James Fallows, national correspondent, The Atlantic Monthly, and

author of Blind into Baghdad

　　“Anyone who believes that affirmative action for minority

students is the big threat to college admissions by merit should

confront Golden’s evidence that most elite colleges show much

larger preferences for the privileged and the connected. I hope the

book helps move colleges toward more equitable practices.”

　　—Gary Orfield, professor of education and social policy, Harvard

Graduate School of Education

　　“Daniel Golden pulls back the curtain on the world of selective

college admissions, where the already privileged are the truly

preferred. With vigorous prose and artful anecdotes, Golden tells a

chilling story of double standards and double crossings. He reminds

us that when elite college admissions go to the highest bidders, we

all pay the price.”

　　-Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey Professor, Harvard Law School, and

author of Lift Every Voice

　　“If you or your child is applying to a selective college this

year, here's a reading assignment: Pick up a copy of The Price of

Admission , a new book by Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel

Golden. It'll either give you a useful view into how the elite

admissions game works or just leave you disgusted about the whole

enterprise. Actually, probably both. Mr. Golden's subject is the

root unfairness in the way elite colleges choose who wins the

coveted spots in their freshman classes. . . . Mr. Golden, himself

a Harvard alum, details the ways colleges chase after the children

of the rich and powerful, like paparazzi pursuing Paris

Hilton.”

　　– Benton, Dallas Morning News

　　“An important new book. . . . With clarity and moral force,

Golden shows that our greatest universities have been sacrificing

their highest ideals on behalf of base pursuits unworthy of their

names.”

　　–Education Sector

　　“The Price of Admission is perfect for those curious about what

goes on in college admissions offices because it shatters

assumptions about acceptance to elite colleges. . . . The Price of

Admission forces the reader to wonder how affirmative action can be

deemed controversial when favoritism of the white and wealthy is

overly prominent in elite colleges. . . . [F]or those interested in

the injustices in higher education, this book is a

must-read."

　　–Kansas City Star

　　“[Golden’s] book arose from a series of investigative articles

written for the Journal about how the wealthy, the famous, and the

well-connected receive preferential treatment in getting their kids

into elite colleges. Golden's goal, which he achieves with an

overwhelming amount of solid evidence gleaned from two years of

tireless research, is to spotlight ‘a reality elite universities

pretend doesn't exist - that money and connections are increasingly

tainting college admissions, undermining both its credibility and

value to American democracy.’ . . . Who suffers in all this? Golden

calls them ‘the unhooked,’ middle- and lower-income students who

might have outstanding academic records or tremendous potential but

who get squeezed out because their families aren't rich, famous, or

politically connected. At elite colleges, admissions is ‘a zero-sum

game,’ says Golden, and self-congratulatory rhetoric about level

playing fields and socioeconomic diversity runs up against the

reality that ‘a large proportion of slots at these universities are

reserved for the rich.’ So, in higher education, as in politics,

access to healthcare and so much else in America, money talks. And,

as the gap widens between the haves and the have-nots, money

shouts. If you're ‘shocked’ by this, you haven't been paying close

attention.”

　　–Boston Globe

　　“Golden has fun making trouble in the best journalistic sense. .

. . The Price of Admission is a powerful reminder that the public

will increasingly require selective colleges to defend their

preferences; that not all are prepared to make their complex case

well; and that some of their practices, finally, seem indefensible

today.”

　　–Harvard Magazine

　　From the Hardcover edition.

书籍介绍

Every spring thousands of middle-class and lower-income high-school seniors learn that they have been rejected by America’s most exclusive colleges. What they may never learn is how many candidates like themselves have been passed over in favor of wealthy white students with lesser credentials—children of alumni, big donors, or celebrities.

In this explosive book, the Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Daniel Golden argues that America, the so-called land of opportunity, is rapidly becoming an aristocracy in which America’s richest families receive special access to elite higher education—enabling them to give their children even more of a head start. Based on two years of investigative reporting and hundreds of interviews with students, parents, school administrators, and admissions personnel—some of whom risked their jobs to speak to the author— The Price of Admission exposes the corrupt admissions practices that favor the wealthy, the powerful, and the famous.

In The Price of Admission , Golden names names, along with grades and test scores. He reveals how the sons of former vice president Al Gore, one-time Hollywood power broker Michael Ovitz, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist leapt ahead of more deserving applicants at Harvard, Brown, and Princeton. He explores favoritism at the Ivy Leagues, Duke, the University of Virginia, and Notre Dame, among other institutions. He reveals that colleges hold Asian American students to a higher standard than whites; comply with Title IX by giving scholarships to rich women in “patrician sports” like horseback riding, squash, and crew; and repay congressmen for favors by admitting their children. He also reveals that Harvard maintains a “Z-list” for well-connected but underqualified students, who are quietly admitted on the condition that they wait a year to enroll.

The Price of Admission explodes the myth of an American meritocracy—the belief that no matter what your background, if you are smart and diligent enough, you will have access to the nation’s most elite universities. It is must reading 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.

From the Hardcover edition.