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Excellent sheep the miseducation of the American elite and the way to a meaningful life

"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"--

Main Author:	Deresiewicz, William, 1964-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Free Press, 2014.
Edition:	First Free Press hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Education, Higher > United States. Universities and colleges > United States. Elite (Social sciences) > Education > United States. Critical thinking > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States. Reasoning > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States. Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States. Education, Higher > Social aspects > United States.

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"--
Physical Description:	245 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:	9781476702711 1476702713
Author Notes:	William Deresiewicz was an associate professor of English at Yale University from 1998 to 2008. He is a contributing writer for The Nation and a contributing editor for The New Republic and The American Scholar. His work has also appeared in several publications including The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. He has won the Hiett Prize in the Humanities and the Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing. He is the author of several books including A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter and Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life. (Bowker Author Biography)

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