Excellent sheep : the miseducation of the American elite and the way to a meaningful life / William Deresiewicz.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Free Press, 2014Edition: First Free Press hardcover editionDescription: 245 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781476702711 (hardback)
- 1476702713 (hardback)
- Xcellent sheep [Cover title]
- Education, Higher -- United States
- Universities and colleges -- United States
- Elite (Social sciences) -- Education -- United States
- Critical thinking -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
- Reasoning -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
- Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States
- Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General
- EDUCATION -- Higher
- EDUCATION -- Philosophy & Social Aspects
- Critical thinking -- Study and teaching (Higher)
- Education, Higher
- Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
- Education, Higher -- Social aspects
- Elite (Social sciences) -- Education
- Reasoning -- Study and teaching (Higher)
- Universities and colleges
- United States
- 378.73 23
- LA227.4 .D74 2014
- SOC026000 | EDU015000 | EDU040000
Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | Janet F. Harte Public Library | Janet F. Harte Public Library | Non-fiction | Nonfiction | 378.73 DER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 43185000367076 |
On jacket, the word "Excellent" has a big red "X" over the letters "Ex", making the title "Xcellent sheep."
"A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite schools should be--but aren't--providing"-- Provided by publisher.
Introduction -- Sheep. The students ; The history ; The training ; The institutions -- Self. What is college for? ; Inventing your life ; Leadership -- Schools. Great books ; Spirit guides ; Your guide to the rankings -- Society. Welcome to the club ; The self-overcoming of the hereditary meritocracy.
Deresiewicz takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with demands for perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications received by college admissions committees. Students are losing the ability to think independently. College is supposed to be a time for self-discovery-- but the system is broken, and he offers solutions on how to fix it.
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