The democratizing higher education in America Guinier, Lani 1950-2022 creator text bibliography mau 2016 monographic eng

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xiii, 160 pages ; 24 cm "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"-- The Problem. Adonises with pimple Aptitude or achievement? From testocratic merit to democratic merit The Solution/s. Taking down fences at University Park Campus School No longer lonely at the top : The Posse Foundation Democratic merit in the classroom : Eric Mazur and Uri Treisman Six ways of looking at democratic merit Democratic merit in a twenty-first-century-world Lani Guinier. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Education, Higher Aims and objectives United States Education, Higher Social aspects United States Democracy and education United States Multicultural education United States Discrimination in higher education United States Minorities Education (Higher) United States Educación superior Fines y objetivos Estados Unidos Educación superior Aspectos sociales Estados Unidos Educación y democracia Educación multicultural Estados Unidos Discriminación en la educación superior Estados Unidos Minorías Educación superior Estados Unidos LA 227.4 G964t 2016 378.1/9820973 9780807078129 (paperback) 0807078123 (paperback) 2014027507 DLC 141008 20241009172118.0 18329596 eng