The Merit Myth: How Our Colleges Favor the Rich and Divide America

by Peter Schmidt, Anthony P. Carnevale, Jeff Strohl

Book Overview

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

Colleges fiercely defend America's higher education system, arguing that it rewards bright kids who have worked hard. But it doesn't actually work this way. As the recent bribery scandal demonstrates, social inequalities and colleges' pursuit of wealth and prestige stack the deck in favor of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 162097486X
• ISBN13: 9781620974865
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.3" x 8.6"