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Author Deresiewicz, William, 1964- author.

Title Excellent sheep : the miseducation of the American elite and the way to a meaningful life / William Deresiewicz.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Free Press, 2014.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  378.73 D4445e 2014    ---  Available
1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.
Edition First Free Press hardcover edition.
Description 245 pages ; 24 cm
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Summary "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.
Contents Introduction -- Pt. 1. Sheep : The students ; The history ; The training ; The institutions -- Pt. 2. Self : What is college for? ; Inventing your life ; Leadership -- Pt. 3. Schools : Great books ; Spirit guides ; Your guide to the rankings -- Pt. 4. Society : Welcome to the club ; The self-overcoming of the hereditary meritocracy.
Subject 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.
Critical thinking -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Education, Higher.
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
Education, Higher -- Social aspects.
Elite -- Education.
Reasoning -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Universities and colleges.
United States.
ISBN 9781476702711 (hardback)
1476702713 (hardback)

 
    
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