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Date of Award
1974
Access Type
Open Access Dissertation
Document type
dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Program
History
First Advisor
Howard H. Quint
Second Advisor
Robert H. McNeal
Third Advisor
Archibald R. Lewis
Subject Categories
History | United States History
Abstract
Harvard, Yale, and Princeton were selected for study for two major reasons. First, the "Big Three" are among the most prestigious universities in the United States, and they have trained proportionately more "leaders" than any other undergraduate colleges. Secondly, because of their urban locations, Harvard and Yale began to attract after 1900 the ambitious sons of immigrants, who were chiefly Catholic and Jewish. In contrast, Princeton, with its more collegiate atmosphere and its comparative geographical isolation, attracted few of them. While the "Big Three" were willing to admit students of immigrant and minority backgrounds, their traditional role was to educate sons of the middle and upper classes, primarily old stock Americans.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/n7t0-rf26
Recommended Citation
Synnott, Marcia Graham, "A social history of admissions policies at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, 1900-1930" (1974). Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014. 575.
https://doi.org/10.7275/n7t0-rf26
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1/575