The Fading Promise of a More Meritocratic Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6211481 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ross J Corbett |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 212-216 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives on Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-7097 • E-ISSN: 1930-5478 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10457097.2013.829342 |
| OpenAlex | W2101778278 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Administrative practices, political initiatives, and budgetary concerns are eroding the ability of most universities to fulfill their mission as engines of meritocratic upward mobility. Colleges fulfilled this mission because they signaled that a student had acquired—or had always possessed—superior skills. Elite universities admit students who we know can succeed: Upward mobility occurred because other schools took chances on students whose backgrounds suggested that they might or might not succeed. Pushes to improve undergraduate retention and completion rates at these other universities result in a lowering of standards that threatens their signaling role, and with it, their ability to open doors for their students
Doors · Elite · Higher education · Meritocracy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Engineering · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Research Studies · Law · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |