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Jencks and the Carnegie Commission: Not So Different Answers to Perhaps the Wrong Question
Harris, Wendell V.
Journal of Higher Education, 46, 2, 213-226, Mar/Apr 75
Many Carnegie Commission publications and Christopher Jencks' book "Inequality" concern themselves with the relationship between educational opportunity and socioeconomic status. Though they draw different conclusions, both urge higher education to confront the question of whether academic degrees should certify competence or simply summarize effort spent in educational activities. (Editor/PG)
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