Three Centuries of Harvard, 1636-1936

Three Centuries of Harvard, 1636-1936
Author: Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 538
Release: 1986-10-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9780674888913

Samuel Eliot Morison sat down to tell the whole story of Harvard informally and briefly, with the same genial humor and ability to see the human implications of past events that characterize his larger, multi-volume series on Harvard.

The Chosen

The Chosen
Author: Jerome Karabel
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 748
Release: 2005
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780618773558

Drawing on decades of research, Karabel shines a light on the ever-changing definition of "merit" in college admissions, showing how it shaped--and was shaped by--the country at large.