The Resource The tyranny of the meritocracy : democratizing higher education in America, Lani Guinier
The tyranny of the meritocracy : democratizing higher education in America, Lani Guinier
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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, 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"
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The tyranny of the meritocracy : democratizing higher education in America
- Title
- The tyranny of the meritocracy
- Title remainder
- democratizing higher education in America
- Statement of responsibility
- Lani Guinier
- Subject
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- Discrimination in higher education
- Education, Higher -- Social aspects
- Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
- Multicultural education
- Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
- Education, Higher -- Social aspects
- Multicultural education
- Minorities -- Education (Higher)
- Education -- Educational Policy and Reform | General
- Social sciences -- Discrimination and Race Relations
- Discrimination in higher education
- Law -- Discrimination
- Democracy and education
- Democracy and education
- Minorities -- Education (Higher)
- Language
- eng
- 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, 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"
- Cataloging source
- DKDLA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Guinier, Lani
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Education, Higher
- Education, Higher
- Democracy and education
- Multicultural education
- Discrimination in higher education
- Minorities
- Social sciences
- Education
- Law
- Democracy and education
- Discrimination in higher education
- Education, Higher
- Education, Higher
- Minorities
- Multicultural education
- Label
- The tyranny of the meritocracy : democratizing higher education in America, Lani Guinier
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 160 pages
- Isbn
- 9780807078129
- Lccn
- 2014027507
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)944954703
- Label
- The tyranny of the meritocracy : democratizing higher education in America, Lani Guinier
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 160 pages
- Isbn
- 9780807078129
- Lccn
- 2014027507
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)944954703
Subject
- Democracy and education
- Democracy and education
- Discrimination in higher education
- Discrimination in higher education
- Education -- Educational Policy and Reform | General
- Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
- Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
- Education, Higher -- Social aspects
- Education, Higher -- Social aspects
- Law -- Discrimination
- Minorities -- Education (Higher)
- Minorities -- Education (Higher)
- Multicultural education
- Multicultural education
- Social sciences -- Discrimination and Race Relations
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