Sibirʹ, T︠S︡entralʹnai︠a︡ i Vostochnai︠a︡ Azii︠a︡ v drevnosti--neolit i ėpokha metalla
By: [otvetstvennyĭ redaktor i avtor predislovii︠a︡ V.E. Larichev]
Series: Istorii︠a︡ i kulʹtura vostoka Azii; Istorii︠a︡ i kulʹtura vostoka Azii (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Nauka, Sibirskoe otd-nie
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Novosibirsk
Language: rus
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Neolithic period; Bronze age; Petroglyphs; Antiquities
Other titles: Siberia, Central and East Asia in antiquity--neolith and metal age.
Description: "Standing on the foundations of America's promise of equal opportunity, our universities purport to "serve as engines of social mobility" and "practitioners of democracy." But as acclaimed scholar and pioneering civil rights advocate Lani Guinier argues, the merit systems that dictate the admissions practices of these institutions are functioning to select and privilege elite individuals rather than create learning communities geared to advance democratic societies. Having studied and taught at schools such as Harvard University, Yale Law School, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Guinier has spent years examining the experiences of ethnic minorities at the nation's top institutions of higher education, and here she lays bare the practices that impede the stated missions of these schools. Guinier argues for reformation, not only of the very premises of admissions practices but of the shape of higher education itself, and she offers many examples of new collaborative initiatives that prepare students for engaged citizenship in our increasingly multicultural society"--
Notes: Title on added t.p.: Siberia, Central and East Asia in antiquity--neolith and metal age.

At head of title: Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR. Sibirskoe otdelenie. Komissii︠a︡ po vostokovedenii︠u︡. Institut istorii, filologii i filosofii.

Includes bibliographical references.