A trenchant critique of failure and opportunism across the political spectrum, this argues that social mobility, once a revered hallmark of American society, has ebbed, as higher education has become a mechanistic process for efficient sorting that has more to do with class formation than anything else.
| ISBN: | 9781609380502 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 2011 |
| Author: | Catherine Liu |
| Publisher: | University of Iowa Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 259 pages |
| Genres: |
Philosophy and theory of education |
A trenchant critique of failure and opportunism across the political spectrum, this argues that social mobility, once a revered hallmark of American society, has ebbed, as higher education has become a mechanistic process for efficient sorting that has more to do with class formation than anything else.
American Idyll features in the following genres: Philosophy and theory of education
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American Idyll was written by Catherine Liu and published by University of Iowa Press
American Idyll has 259 pages