The Harvard Ruling Misses the Point
Richard Ford,
Boston Review,
Oct 02, 2019
As much as I am loathe to delve into U.S. education politics, I think it's important to highlight the nugget of wisdom in this post. While people tend to think of higher education as a 'social leveler' - "anyone, we are told, can ascend an ever-steepening social and economic hierarchy". But, "of course, it isn't. The result is that class stratification, cutthroat capitalist competition, and racial resentment collide in university admissions." And this continues to exist even if you open up admissions to the lower classes. "The children of the elite must always predominate if the school is to remain elite. A truly elite school admits the most talented student body it can while still ensuring that most of the student body is drawn from the upper class."
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