| Course Title: Measuring Merit: Who Belongs in College and Why? |
| Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2024 |
| Description: Selective colleges like Mount Holyoke are prestigious, in part, because they admit less than half of the students who apply; but what specific traits make one worthy of admissions? Grades and test scores matter, as do field hockey prowess, the ability to play classical flute, participation in a Model UN summer camp, and struggles to overcome poverty or hardship. This class considers the origins and consequences of our understanding of worthiness in the context of college admissions. We will use the case of college admissions to address important questions about how social phenomena are quantified and compared, and how cultures of measurement represent power and shape inequality. |
| Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt , FY - First-Year Seminar , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Ben Gebre-Medhin | 413-538-2803 | bgebreme@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024 | Seminar | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:30AM - 11:45AM | PORT - Porter Hall | 108 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| FYSEM0001 | First-Year Seminar | This is a First-Year Seminar. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 12 | Enrollment: 13 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |