{"product_id":"the-merit-myth-how-our-colleges-favor-the-rich-and-divide-america-hardcover","title":"The Merit Myth: How Our Colleges Favor the Rich and Divide America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony P. Carnevale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Schmidt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeff Strohl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn 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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColleges fiercely defend America's deeply stratified higher education system, arguing that the most exclusive schools reward the brightest kids who have worked hard to get there. But it doesn't actually work this way. As the recent college-admissions bribery scandal demonstrates, social inequalities and colleges' pursuit of wealth and prestige stack the deck in favor of the children of privilege. For education scholar and critic Anthony P. Carnevale, it's clear that colleges are not the places of aspiration and equal opportunity they claim to be.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Merit Myth\u003c\/em\u003e calls out our elite colleges for what they are: institutions that pay lip service to social mobility and meritocracy, while offering little of either. Through policies that exacerbate inequality, including generously funding so-called merit-based aid for already-wealthy students rather than expanding opportunity for those who need it most, U.S. universities--the presumed pathway to a better financial future--are woefully complicit in reproducing the racial and class privilege across generations that they pretend to abhor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis timely and incisive book argues for unrigging the game by dramatically reducing the weight of the SAT\/ACT; measuring colleges by their outcomes, not their inputs; designing affirmative action plans that take into consideration both race and class; and making 14 the new 12--guaranteeing every American a public K-14 education. \u003cem\u003eThe Merit Myth\u003c\/em\u003e shows the way for higher education to become the beacon of opportunity it was intended to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthony P. Carnevale\u003c\/strong\u003e, a chairman under President Clinton of the National Commission on Employment Policy, is the director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. He lives in Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Schmidt\u003c\/strong\u003e, the author of \u003cem\u003eColor and Money\u003c\/em\u003e, is an award-winning writer and editor who has worked for \u003cem\u003eEducation Week\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeff Strohl\u003c\/strong\u003e is the director of research at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. He lives in Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 8.58 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760322609440,"sku":"9781620974865","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/694e85b7d60c78946fa9409715070fdc.webp?v=1780177548","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-merit-myth-how-our-colleges-favor-the-rich-and-divide-america-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}