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ERIC Number: EJ545593
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0017-8055
Between Nationality and Class.
Aronowitz, Stanley
Harvard Educational Review, v67 n2 p188-207 Sum 1997
Two tenets of U.S. ideology are equality of opportunity and social mobility. However, class-based analysis shows that higher education uses meritocratic rather democratic norms, limiting educational opportunities for the poor, the working class, and racial minorities. (SK)
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Ethnicity, Minority Groups, Nationalism, Social Class, Social Mobility, Working Class
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Meritocracy
Note: Symposium: Ethnicity and Education.