The merit myth : how our colleges favor the rich and divide America
(2020)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
378.198269/CARNEVALE,A
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York ; London : The New Press, 2020
DESCRIPTION
302 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781620974865, 162097486X :, 9781620974865
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Introduction : Jarred awake from the American dream -- What the nation needs -- The rise of the sorting machine -- Understanding the odds -- Standardized bias -- Separate and unequal -- The fight for fairness -- Built to collapse -- College for all
"An eye-opening and timely look at how colleges drive the very inequalities they are meant to remedy, complete with a call - and a vision - for change"--