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The Merit Myth: How Our Colleges Favor the Rich and Divide America
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94/100Author:
Anthony P. Carnevale, Peter Schmidt, Jeff Strohl
Publisher:
The New Press
Date:
May 26, 2020
Colleges fiercely defend Americaâs deeply stratified higher education system, arguing that the most exclusive schools reward the brightest kids who have worked hard to get there. But it doesnât actually work this way. As the recent college-admissions bribery scandal demonstrates, social inequalities and collegesâ pursuit of wealth and prestige stack the deck in favor of the children of privilege.
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Those interested in inequities in the admissions practices of elite colleges will find this a considered examination..
A vigorous argument against the entrenchment of elite interests in the nation’s higher-education system.
... [a] detailed yet disappointing polemic.
