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100 1 _aGuinier, Lani.
245 1 4 _aThe Tyranny of the Meritocracy :
_bDemocratizing Higher Education in America /
_cLani Guinier.
264 1 _aBoston, Massachusetts :
_bBeacon Press,
_c[2015]
300 _axiii, 160 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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505 _aContents: 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.
520 _a"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, Guinier has spent years examining the experiences of ethnic minorities at the nation's top institutions of higher education, and here she lays bare the practices that impede the stated missions of these schools. Guinier argues for reformation, not only of the very premises of admissions practices but of the shape of higher education itself, and she offers many examples of new collaborative initiatives that prepare students for engaged citizenship in our increasingly multicultural society"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aEducation, Higher
_xAims and objectives
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEducation, Higher
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aDemocracy and education
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMulticultural education
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aDiscrimination in higher education
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMinorities
_xEducation (Higher)
_zUnited States.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
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650 7 _aEDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General.
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650 7 _aLAW / Discrimination.
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856 4 2 _3Table of Contents
_uhttps://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Tyranny_of_the_Meritocracy/ykMJAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
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