Meritocracy and the University

Based on a hundred interviews with some of the key stakeholders in university admissions, and statistics from both primary and secondary sources, this book explains the values, processes and practices that judge some individuals as worthy of getting an education at elite universities and deny admiss...

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Main Author: Anna Mountford Zimdars (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Bloomsbury Academic 2016
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