Book Review: Wechsler, H. S., & Diner, S. J. (2022). Unwelcome Guests: A History of Access to American Higher Education. United States: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Abstract

Intricately woven into the tapestry of “diversity” in higher education institutions comes this profoundly important book written by Harold S. Wechsler and Steven J. Diner. Organized in five chapters, with a Preface, a section of Acknowledgements, Introduction, Conclusion, and extensive Notes, Unwelcome Guests is a plea for a re-evaluation of college admissions policies and goals from the Civil Rights era of the late 1960’s and early 1970s to the twenty-first century.