The tyranny of the meritocracy. Democratizing higher education in America.

Autor/in	Guinier, Lani
Titel	The tyranny of the meritocracy. Democratizing higher education in America.
Quelle	Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press (2015), XIII, 160 S.Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	9780807006276; 9780807006283 (E-Book)
Schlagwörter	USA; Education, Higher; Aims and objectives; United States; Social aspects; Democracy and education; Multicultural education; Discrimination in higher education; Minorities; Education (Higher); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General; LAW / Discrimination; Bildungsgeschichte + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Higher education; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Universität; Aim; Aims; Objectives; Zweck; Ziel; Ziele; Zielsetzung; USA; Social behavior; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Democracy; Education; Demokratie; Bildung; Erziehung; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Discrimination; Diskriminierung; Benachteiligung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Minority; Minorität; race relation; Abstammung; Policy; Reform; Politik; Law; Recht
Abstract	"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"--Provided by publisher.
Erfasst von	Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Update	2022/4/11