From The Chronicle, a review of Color and Money: How Rich White Kids Are Winning the War Over College Affirmative Action by Peter Schmidt; The Conditions for Admission: Access, Equity, and the Social Contract of Public Universities by John Aubrey Douglass; The Power of Privilege: Yale and America's Elite Colleges by Joseph A. Soares; and Tearing Down the Gates: Confronting the Class Divide in American Education by Peter Sacks. Doctoral education in the United States needs serious reforms: A review of The Formation of Scholars: Rethinking Doctoral Education for the Twenty-First Century. War stories: A new book on the education of West Point cadets spurs Steven G. Kellman to broader thoughts on curricular intentions. From Inside Higher Ed, what are the best academic blogs you’ve never heard of? Scott McLemee beats the bushes for leads. From TAP, progressives now have a chance to push a political agenda favoring investment in children — what can the second wave of children's politics learn from the first? Mark Schmitt investigates; and Ossining, New York, was at the forefront of school integration. but as American law and public opinion turn against race-based programs, can the town continue to use racial targeting to close the achievement gap? A review of Student Depression: A Silent Crisis in Our Schools and Communities by Marcel Lebrun. Plato for primaries: What is the meaning of life when you're six?
