Excellent sheep : the miseducation of the American elite and the way to a meaningful life / William Deresiewicz.

By:

Deresiewicz, William

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Free Press, 2014.Edition: First Free Press hardcover editionDescription: 245 p. : 24 cmISBN:

9781476702711 (hbk.)

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DDC classification:

378.73 DER 23 005376

Other classification:

SOC026000 | EDU015000 | EDU040000

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Table of contents

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Sheep 1.The Students 2.The History 3.The Training 4.The Institutions pt. 2 Self 5.What Is College For? 6.Inventing Your Life 7.Leadership pt. 3 Schools 8.Great Books 9.Spirit Guides 10.Your Guide to the Rankings pt. 4 Society 11.Welcome to the Club 12.The Self-Overcoming of the Hereditary Meritocracy.

Summary: "A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite schools should be--but aren't--providing"--

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, New Delhi	378.73 DER 005376 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005376

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Sheep
1.The Students
2.The History
3.The Training
4.The Institutions
pt. 2 Self
5.What Is College For?
6.Inventing Your Life
7.Leadership
pt. 3 Schools
8.Great Books
9.Spirit Guides
10.Your Guide to the Rankings
pt. 4 Society
11.Welcome to the Club
12.The Self-Overcoming of the Hereditary Meritocracy.

"A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite schools should be--but aren't--providing"--

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