Screen LibraryThe tyranny of the meritocracy : democratizing higher education in America /
"Standing on the foundations of America's promise of equal opportunity, our universities purport to "serve as engines of social mobility" and "practitioners of democracy." But as acclaimed scholar and pioneering civil rights advocate Lani Guinier argues, the merit syste...
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Beacon Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Boston, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Standing on the foundations of America's promise of equal opportunity, our universities purport to "serve as engines of social mobility" and "practitioners of democracy." But as acclaimed scholar and pioneering civil rights advocate Lani Guinier argues, the merit systems that dictate the admissions practices of these institutions are functioning to select and privilege elite individuals rather than create learning communities geared to advance democratic societies. Having studied and taught at schools such as Harvard University, Yale Law School, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 160 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780807006276 0807006270 |
| Index Number: | LA227 |
| CLC: | G649.712 |
| Call Number: | G649.712/G964 |
| Contents: | pt. I. The problem : Adonises with a pimple ; Aptitude or achievement? ; From testocratic merit to democratic merit -- pt. II. The solution/s : Taking down fences at University Park Campus School ; No longer lonely at the top: The Posse Foundation ; Democratic merit in the classroom: Eric Mazur and Uri Treisman ; Six ways of looking at democratic merit ; Democratic merit in a twenty-first-century world. |