Excellent sheep : the miseducation of the American elite and the way to a meaningful life / William Deresiewicz
Tipo de material: TextoDetalles de publicación: New York: Free Press, 2015 Descripción: 245 p.; 22 cmISBN: 9781476702728Tema(s): Leadership | Enseñanza superior -- Estados Unidos | Universidades -- Estados Unidos | Élites -- Estados Unidos | Pensamiento crítico -- Estados Unidos | Educación -- Filosofía -- Estados UnidosTipo de ítem | Biblioteca de origen | Signatura | URL | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras | Reserva de ítems |
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Monografías | 07. BIBLIOTECA CIENCIAS SOCIALES Y JURÍDICAS | 378/DER/exc (Navegar estantería(Abre debajo)) | Texto completo | Disponible Ubicación en estantería | Bibliomaps® | 3744292367 |
The students -- The history -- The training -- The institutions -- What is college for? -- Inventing your life -- Leadership -- Great books -- Spirit guides -- Your guide to the rankings -- Welcome to the club -- The self-overcoming of the hereditary meritocracy.
As a professor at Yale, William Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation's brightest minds, were adrift when it came to the big questions: how to think critically and creatively and how to find a sense of purpose. Now he argues that elite colleges are turning out conformists without a compass. Excellent Sheep takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counsellors who demand perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications Deresiewicz saw first-hand as a member of Yale's admissions committee. As schools shift focus from the humanities to "practical" subjects like economics, students are losing the ability to think independently. It is essential, says Deresiewicz, that college be a time for self-discovery, when students can establish their own values and measures of success in order to forge their own paths. He features quotes from real students and graduates he has corresponded with over the years, candidly exposing where the system is broken and offering clear solutions on how to fix it. "Excellent Sheep is likely to make...a lasting mark...He takes aim at just about the entirety of upper-middle-class life in America. ..Mr. Deresiewicz's book is packed full of what he wants more of in American life: passionate weirdness" (The New York Times).
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