Main content

Elite education

Sociological discussion programme. Laurie Taylor asks if prestigious schools and universities around the world sustain racial disadvantage and inequality.

ELITE EDUCATION: Laurie Taylor explores the ways in which the most prestigious schools and universities around the world sustain inequality. Debbie Epstein, Professor of Cultural Studies in Education at Roehampton University, talks about a far reaching study looking at the origins and costs of the 'export' of the British public school to other countries including Hong Kong and South Africa. Also, Natasha K. Warikoo, Associate Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education consider how elite students in America and Britain think about merit, race and privilege having gained admittance to one of the world's top universities.

Producer: Jayne Egerton.

Available now

28 minutes

Last on

Mon 24 Apr 2017 00:15

Elite Education

GUESTS

READING LIST

Kenway, Jane; Fahey, Johannah; Epstein, Debbie; Koh, Aaron; McCarthy, Cameron; Rizvi, FazalΒ (2016) Class Choreographies: Elite Schools and Globalization (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

Warikoo, Natasha K. (2016) The Diversity Bargain (The University of Chicago Press: Chicago)

Broadcasts

  • Wed 19 Apr 2017 16:00
  • Mon 24 Apr 2017 00:15

Explore further with The Open University

Visit OpenLearn, the home of free learning, for more on topics featured in the series.

Explore further with The Open University

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Thinking Allowed is produced in partnership with The Open University

Download this programme

Subscribe to this programme or download individual episodes.

Podcast