Elite Universities and the Making of Privilege

Providing an extraordinary picture of the inner workings of elite universities, Elite Universities and the Making of Privilege draws on current debates on education and inequality and considers the relevance of universities' global brand identities.

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Kalwant Bhopal is Professor of Education and Social Justice and Director of the Centre for Research on Race and Education at the University of Birmingham.

Martin Myers is a sociologist of education in the School of Education at the University of Nottingham.

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About the Authors

Foreward

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. The Centrality of Elite Universities Within the Global Economy of Eliteness

3. Pathways to Elite Universities: Elite Schools, Wealth and Status

4. Degrees of Entitlement: Who Belongs and Who Does Not?

5. The Value of an Elite Degree

6. Race, Privilege and Inequality

7. Global Brands and the Field of Elite Universities

8. White Capital and the Maintenance of White Supremacy

9. Conclusions: Recognising the Unequal Field of Elite Universities

References

Index