Discrimination of excellence explained

Discrimination of excellence is the violation the formal equality of opportunity[1] and meritocracy,[2] which reward merits of individuals and overachievement.[3] Discrimination of excellence due to violation of formal equality of opportunity can be caused by different reasons, including legacy preferences, nepotism, substantive equality, affirmative action or random luck.[4]

Gifted education

Gifted education has been criticized on substantive equality grounds.[5]

College admissions

Legacy preferences for college admissions have been criticized.[6] Discrimination against excellent students during admissions to Ivy League has been debated during 2019 college admissions bribery scandal. The United States Department of Justice scrutinized higher education over potential systemic biases in college admission standards that would underweight transparent standardized testing criteria due to affirmative action.[7] Harvard College has been sued in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College due to individuals outperforming on standardized college admission tests but not being admitted. Non-merit-based admissions practices, degree conferral or promotion standards have been criticized.[8]

Severe discrimination of excellence

Academics, teacher and students were intentionally targeted during Cambodian genocide.Khmer Rouge chose new teachers by ideology, affirmative action, and not by teaching excellence, which resulted in high illiteracy.[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. The European Court of Justice and the march towards substantive equality in European Union anti-discrimination law . 10.1177/1358229120927947 . 2020 . De Vos . Marc . International Journal of Discrimination and the Law . 20 . 62–87 .
  2. Chang . C.H. . How meritocracy is defined today?: Contemporary aspects of meritocracy . Recent Issues in Sociological Research . 2017 . 10 . 1 . 112–121 . 10.14254/2071-789X.2017/10-1/8 . free .
  3. Puaschunder, Julia . Discrimination of Excellence: A Research Agenda. Proceedings of the 14th International Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (RAIS) Conference at the Erdman Center of Princeton University . 14 . 1 . 54–58 . August 2019 . 10.2139/ssrn.3459603 . 219357207.
  4. Sauder . Michael . A Sociology of Luck . Sociological Theory . 38 . 3 . 2020 . 0735-2751 . 10.1177/0735275120941178 . 193–216.
  5. Yoon . So Yoon . Gentry . Marcia . Racial and Ethnic Representation in Gifted Programs . Gifted Child Quarterly . SAGE Publications . 53 . 2 . 2009 . 0016-9862 . 10.1177/0016986208330564 . 121–136. 143657431 .
  6. Hurwitz . Michael . The impact of legacy status on undergraduate admissions at elite colleges and universities . Economics of Education Review . 30 . 3 . 2011 . 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.12.002 . 480–492.
  7. Web site: Justice Dept. Accuses Yale of Discrimination in Application Process . Hartocollis . Anemona . August 13, 2020 . New York Times.
  8. Book: Bazerman, M. H. . Tenbrunsel, A. E.. 2011. Blind Spots: Why we fail to do what's right and what to do about it. Princeton, NJ. Princeton University Press.
  9. Clayton . Thomas . Building the New Cambodia: Educational Destruction and Construction under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-1979 . History of Education Quarterly . 38 . 1 . 1998 . 10.2307/369662 . 1.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Discrimination of excellence".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.