The Tyranny Of The Meritocracy - Lani Guinier - Libros - Beacon Press - 9780807006276 - 1 de septiembre de 2018
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The Tyranny Of The Meritocracy


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A fresh and bold argument for revamping our standards of ?merit? and a clear blueprint for creating collaborative education models that strengthen our democracy rather than privileging individual elites

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.


176 pages

Medios de comunicación Libros     Hardcover Book   (Libro con lomo y cubierta duros)
Publicado 1 de septiembre de 2018
ISBN13 9780807006276
Editores Beacon Press
Páginas 176
Dimensiones 153 × 238 × 19 mm   ·   396 g
Lengua Inglés  

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