Word: academicization
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In March 2007, then-Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 stated that—although the number of admitted transfer students was to be halved—“We always want to have space for some exceptional transfer students.” Believing...
Kissinger’s career at the City College of New York was cut short when he was drafted into the U.S. armed forces during World War II. When the war ended, Kissinger resumed his academic career at Harvard, and graduated summa cum laude. Kissinger later became secretary of state...
Ahmed says he joined a local gang when he was 12 but left after he was pressured to carry a knife and sell drugs. The son of a childminder from Somalia and a retired academic from Kenya, he plans to become a doctor. Edwards is aiming for a legal career...
This institutionalized inequality doesn't only harm low achievers. The system emphasizes academic attainment over social development. British children start school earlier and sit more exams than other Europeans. Many of them complain of stress. "Britain is a very individualistic culture, in which a huge emphasis is placed on personal...
"I want to be a maid or a babysitter," says an 8-year-old over a soggy school lunch in east London. Her school's neighborhood includes large Turkish, Asian and West Indian communities, where there is little tradition of higher education, especially for girls. Many parents speak English as...