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Education, Higher

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Colleges and universities

The College Blue Book. Macmillan, 1997. Basic reference volumes of descriptions, degrees, data, finances, occupational education; revised biennially.

Greene, Howard, and Robert Minton. Scaling the Ivy Wall in the '90s: 12 Essential Steps to Winning Admission to America's Most Selective Colleges and Universities. Little, Brown, 1994. Advice from a former admissions officer at Princeton University.

Parnell, Dale. Dateline 2000: The New Higher Education Agenda. American Association of Community Colleges, 1990. Topics include minority access to education and economic development.

Shields, Charles J. The College Guide for Parents. Surrey, College Entrance Examination Board, 1995. Covers issues such as parental support, financial aid, and separation anxiety.

Straughn, Charles T., II, and Barbarasue Lovejoy Straughn, eds. Lovejoy's College Guide 1998. Arco, 1998. Reference for more than 4,200 American colleges and universities.

Higher Education

Altbach, Philip G., and Robert O. Berdahl, eds. Higher Education in American Society. Prometheus, 1994. Essays on higher-education financing, academic freedom, legal issues, and the relationship between American universities and the government.

Brubacher, John S., and Willis Rudy. Higher Education in Transition. Harper, 1997. American colleges and universities from colonial times to the present.

Kerr, Clark. The Uses of the University. Harvard University Press, 1995. Growth of universities and their place in modern society.

Levine, David O. The American College and the Culture of Aspiration, 1915-1940. Cornell University Press, 1986. Higher education in America between the world wars.

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