Elite (Social sciences) -- Education

Elite education: international perspectives

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Elite Education: International perspectives is the first book to systematically examine elite education in different parts of the world. Authors provide a historical analysis of the emergence of national elite education systems and consider how recent policy and economic develop…

The Wealthy, the Brilliant, the Few: Elite Education in Contemporary American Discourse

by Freie Universität Berlin, SPIELER, SOPHIE

fromAmerican studies (Transcript (Firm))

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How do the US make sense of their own elite educational system, given that it seems to be at odds with core American values, such as equality of opportunity or upward mobility? Sophie Spieler explores scholarly and journalistic investigations, self-representational texts, and fi…