Society – Yale Class of 1969

How’s that privilege doing? Here’s a report from Class Colloquium 5: Markovits, The Meritocracy Trap

ByJohn O'Leary October 1, 2020April 22, 2023

Editor’s Note: This is a summary and video of Professor Markovits’ presentation and Q&A .

The first Colloquium featuring a speaker from the Yale faculty didn’t shy away from challenging some basic assumptions about our “elite education.”

Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits brought his new book, his grasp of econometrics, and his A-game to our September 30th Class Colloquium.

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Class Colloquium 5: Professor Daniel Markovits, The Meritocracy Trap; September 30th

ByArthur Segal September 4, 2020April 22, 2023

Professor Markovits’ provocative bestseller, The Meritocracy Trap, compellingly argues that the Meritocracy system, which began with our generation and governs the period of our own Yale Admissions, has become a system with unintended negative societal consequences.

This Class Colloquium will be our first with a speaker from the Yale Faculty. He will challenge bedrock meritocratic assumptions, and he promises to include some “two-way dialogue.”