Attacking the Elites: What Critics Get Wrong―and Right―About America’s Leading Universities

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300277156
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780300277159
• Author: Derek Bok

Elite American universities, such as Yale, Harvard, and Princeton, are admired throughout the world. They attract highly qualified applicants, and most of their graduates go on to lead successful lives. Scholars and researchers at elite universities contribute to knowledge that benefits the public in countless ways, from the discovery of ancient texts to breakthroughs at the forefront of medical technology.

These same elite institutions, however, are beset by criticism from both sides of America’s ideological divide. Liberals press them to enroll more low-income students and to use their reputations and endowments to induce corporations to adopt more just, equitable, and environmentally sound policies. Conservative politicians accuse the universities’ predominantly liberal faculty of indoctrinating students. The Supreme Court has recently prohibited universities from giving preference to Black and Hispanic applicants for admission, sparking a wider debate over the policies of elite universities in choosing their student body.

Table contents:

Part I. The Role of Elite Universities in America
Chapter 1. Why Have Our Leading Universities Been So Successful, and What Responsibilities Do They Owe in Return?
Chapter 2. A View from the Bridge: Why Elite Presidents Are Proud of Their Universities
Part II. The Liberal Critique
Chapter 3. Choosing Whom to Admit to Elite Universities in an Age of Extreme Inequality
Chapter 4. Student Protests and the Role of Elite Universities in Combating Evil and Injustice in the World
Chapter 5. Reparations: The Bitter Legacy of Slavery and an Attempt to Repair the Damage
Part III. The Conservative Critique
Chapter 6. Are College Students Being Indoctrinated by Liberal Professors?
Chapter 7. The Campaign against Racial Preferences as Elite Universities Seek to Diversify Their Student Bodies
Chapter 8. Have Elite Universities Sacrificed Freedom of Speech in Their Effort to Provide a Supportive Environment for All Students?
Part IV. Beyond the Ideological Divide
Chapter 9. Should Our Leading Universities Do More to Improve the Quality of Education?
Chapter 10. The Many Sins of Intercollegiate Athletics
Chapter 11. Dire Thoughts before Daybreak about the Future of Elite Universities

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