Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Legacy Admissions Annotated Bibliography

1. Author’s Name: Elizabeth F. Farrell

Title of article: When Legacies are a College’s Lifeblood

Name of scholarly Journal: The Chronicles of Higher Education

Volume and Number: 53

Database name:

Publisher of database:

Where you accessed database: TC3, Dryden, New York

Data of access: February 22, 2009

URL: http://ezproxy.tc3.edu:2156/weekly/v53/i20/20a03301.htm

Author’s argument: The author argues that “legacy admissions are vital for the institution’s living and that by doing so it does not compromise efforts to create a diverse class.”

Credibility: The author has worked for the education of children with disabilities in New York City since the early 1900s. Elizabeth Farrell has written several journal articles such as Admissions Deans Dish on their Jobs, and the Changing Face of a Student Aid.

This article can be of use to write my essay because it talks about the importance of legacy admissions for colleges. It describes that many institutions are seeking out academically qualified legacies more aggressively than ever before, hoping to raise their prestige and attract more high-achieving students.

2. Author’s Name: George Leef

Title of article: When Legacy Admissions - Affirmative Action for the Rich

Name of scholarly Journal: The John William Pope Center

Data of access: February 23, 2009

URL: http://www.popecenter.org/clarion_call/article.html?id=1966

Author’s argument: This is a subjective article. The author is against legacy admissions because he claims that it promotes unfairness.

Credibility: George Leef is vice president for research for the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Carroll College (Waukesha, WI) and a Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law. He was a Vice President of the John Locke Foundation until the Pope Center became independent in 2003. Prior to joining the Locke Foundation, he was president of Patrick Henry Associates, a consulting firm in Michigan dedicated to assisting others in advocating free markets, minimal government, private property and individual rights. He has served as book review editor of The Freeman, an educational free market magazine published by the Foundation for Economic Education, since 1997, and has published numerous articles in The Freeman, Reason, The Free Market, Cato Journal, The Detroit News, Independent Review, and Regulation.



3. Video

It is interesting because it introduces a new perspective to the argument. It enforces the idea that legacy admission promotes an unfair advantage to those who might be less capable.

3 comments:

  1. -->[This is not proper bibliographic format]

    1. Author’s Name: Elizabeth F. Farrell

    Title of article: When Legacies are a College’s Lifeblood

    Name of scholarly Journal: The Chronicles of Higher Education

    Volume and Number: 53

    Database name:

    Publisher of database:


    -->[no database info?]
    Where you accessed database: TC3, Dryden, New York

    Data of access: February 22, 2009

    URL: http://ezproxy.tc3.edu:2156/weekly/v53/i20/20a03301.htm

    Author’s argument: The author argues that “legacy admissions are vital for the institution’s living and that by doing so it does not compromise efforts to create a diverse class.”
    -->[Is this a direct quotation? Doesn't seem idiomatic.]
    -->institution's survival
    -->doing so =?


    Credibility: The author has worked for the education
    -->[What does this mean? Was (Is?) she a teacher?]
    of children with disabilities in New York City since the early 1900s.
    -->[Very very very unlikely!!! Is she in her hundreds?]
    Elizabeth Farrell has written several journal articles such as Admissions Deans Dish on their Jobs, and the Changing Face of a Student Aid.
    -->[Proofread] "The Changing Face of Student Aid."

    This article can be of use to write
    -->may be of use to me in writing
    my essay because it talks about
    --> it deals with
    the importance of legacy admissions for colleges.
    -->from the perspective of the college.
    It describes that
    -->[Nn] It indicates // points out // claims // that
    many institutions are seeking out academically qualified legacies more aggressively than ever before, hoping to raise their
    -->[Pp: whose?]
    prestige and attract more high-achieving students.
    -->[Re: seeking out... attract ]
    2. Author’s Name: George Leef

    Title of article: When Legacy Admissions - Affirmative Action for the Rich
    -->[Proofread -- something missing]


    Name of scholarly Journal: The John William Pope Center
    -->[Center is not a journal]


    Data of access: February 23, 2009

    URL: http://www.popecenter.org/clarion_call/article.html?id=1966

    Author’s argument: This is a subjective article. The author is against legacy admissions because he claims that it promotes unfairness.


    -->[Please don't waste my time proofreading material you did not write. Most of this is plagiarized. ]

    Credibility: George Leef is vice president for research for
    -->research at
    the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Carroll College (Waukesha, WI) and a Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law.
    He was a Vice President
    of the John Locke Foundation until the Pope Center became independent
    -->[independent of what?]
    in 2003. Prior to joining the Locke Foundation, he was president of Patrick Henry Associates, a consulting firm in Michigan dedicated to assisting others in advocating free markets, minimal government, private property and individual rights. He has served as book review editor of The Freeman, an educational free market magazine published by the Foundation for Economic Education, since 1997, and has published numerous articles in The Freeman, Reason, The Free Market, Cato Journal, The Detroit News, Independent Review, and Regulation.



    3. Video

    It
    -->This
    is interesting because it introduces a new perspective to the argument.
    -->[Not a new argument: this is the basic point.] It enforces the idea that legacy admission promotes
    -->gives
    an unfair advantage to those who might be less capable.

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