Can university prestige lead to discrimination? A critical reflection on meritocracy, stratification, and university prestige.

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Abstract

This paper theorizes university prestige as a possible source of discrimination in society. The paper critically engages with the implicit association between meritocracy and university prestige in an increasingly stratified society and higher education system, where opportunities for social mobility are diminished.

Author

• GEORGIANA Mihut, Boston College