Word: elitists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Somewhere between the elitist left and the elitist Social Darwinism [of the right] there has to be a better way of spreading ownership," he said...
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...accept the basis for membership, which is not social or based on class, it's not elitist in the sense of the finals clubs," says Dean of Students Archie C. Epps, an associate member...
...moderators stated that three failures of science education are that "it substitutes memorization of vocabulary for understanding," "it is too abstract," and "it is an elitist field." These statements are misleading and false...
...Harvard certainly emphasizes understanding over rote learning as evidenced by the importance of problem sets and the prevalence of open book examinations. Science at the college level is abstract by nature rather than design because the goal of science is to explain concrete observations by universal principles. Science is elitist only in that it rewards results. Furthermore, the ugly corollary is that increased participation by historically under-represented groups can only be achieved by watering down science education...