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Meritocracy is a Joke 

The term “meritocracy” was coined by sociologist Michael Young in his 1958 satire, The Rise of Meritocracy. Pro-tip: he was satirizing meritocracy, and was not happy that his work led to the popularization of the idea as a positive political philosophy. (I’ve recently run across this history in Edward Luce’s book, The Retreat of Western …

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FreeDU 

The back of a can of black beans has a link to 920 "free recipes." How will humanities-based higher education programs stay in business if this trend continues? #miniblogtweetcombo

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