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Racialized tracking; educational equalization; social justice; meritocracy; Perimeter College at Georgia State University (GA)—Honors College
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“Here’S The Church, Here’S The Steeple”: Existing Politics Of Honors Education, Owen Cantrell
“Here’S The Church, Here’S The Steeple”: Existing Politics Of Honors Education, Owen Cantrell
Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive
In considering the extent to which honors education should engage with political and social justice movements, the author argues that its programs must first reckon with their own histories and complicity within systems of domination and oppression before determining the best approach. This essay examines how the continued legacy of racialized tracking at the secondary level, as well as the exclusionary nature of collegiate honors programs, has often exacerbated inequalities for marginalized student populations. The author concludes with a call for honors practitioners to confront the history of honors education; to de-center honors in service learning and community engagement; and …