Excellent Sheep
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life is a 2015 book of social criticism on the role of elite colleges in American society written by William Deresiewicz and published by Free Press.[1] Deresiewicz addresses the pressure of succeeding under which students are put by their parents and by society, considering more particularly the ones that are planning to attend Ivy League universities.
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| Author | William Deresiewicz |
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| Subject | Philosophy of education, higher education, general sociology[1] |
| Published | 2015 (Free Press) |
| Pages | 256[1] |
| ISBN | 9781476702728 [1] |
Notes
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 23, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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