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ERIC Number: EJ239456
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980
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Higher Education, Meritocracy and Distributive Justice.
Giarelli, James M.; Webb, Rodman B.
Educational Studies: A Journal in the Foundations of Education, v11 n3 p221-38 Fall 1980
Traces the aims of American higher education from colonial Limes to the 20th century, with emphasis on the differences between the realities of higher education and the "rhetoric" or stated aims. Concludes that the recent emphasis on equality of educational opportunity represents a break with traditional educational principles and an advance in moral thinking. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Educational Trends, Equal Education, Higher Education, Social Change, Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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