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"--
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Free Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | First Free Press hardcover edition. |
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| Online Access: | Sample text Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| 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"-- Deresiewicz takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with demands for perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications received by college admissions committees. Students are losing the ability to think independently. College is supposed to be a time for self-discovery-- but the system is broken, and he offers solutions on how to fix it. |
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| Item Description: | On jacket, the word "Excellent" has a big red "X" over the letters "Ex", making the title "Xcellent sheep." |
| Physical Description: | 245 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781476702711 (hardback) 1476702713 (hardback) |