Episode 6

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1st Mar 2022

Episode 6: Rethinking the Rhodes

The Rhodes Scholarship was designed to forge a network of people who would go on to rule the world. So who gets this opportunity? And how is the world’s oldest and most well-known graduate scholarship dealing with the legacy of its founder, who used ruthless and racist practices to build the diamond empire that funded the effort.

Host: Jeff Young (@jryoung)

A joint production of EdSurge and Open Campus.

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Bootstraps
How the myth of pulling ourselves up shapes education
A limited series from EdSurge and Open Campus about merit, myths, and how "pulling ourselves up" shapes education.