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Do Selective Colleges Favor the Rich and Work Against the American Dream?

2020/6/30
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A new book, The Merit Myth, argues that selective colleges have become places that block social mobility, and instead “fast-track the elite to ever higher status.” One of its authors, Anthony Carnevale, makes the case for why higher education needs to be more accessible.