Elites - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Feb 2022
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March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

society. These are not new concerns. Scholars, educators, and political and economic elites in China and India have been pondering them for centuries and continue to do so today, with enormously high stakes. In Making Meritocracy, Tarun... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Cynthia Carroll

a silver bullet, but it makes embezzlement of resource revenues by corrupt elites a great deal more difficult. It also establishes an inclusive process in mineral-dependent countries for a broader discussion among parliamentarians,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management; Mining

01 Jun 2013
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Minding The Gap

neighborhoods across Baltimore, with competitive admissions) is annually ranked among the best public schools in the United States. This year, 96 percent of the school's graduates are college bound, many to elite institutions in the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Blagg, Deborah; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2004
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Life Lessons

cadet leader and track standout. Upon graduation, he attended the elite Ranger School and served with the 82nd Airborne as a platoon leader on a seven-month peacekeeping assignment in Kosovo. Then he returned to West Point to work as a... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

04 Sep 2019
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Deep Dive

joined an even more elite group, those who have also skied at least 60 miles to both the North and South Poles. He was the 54th person in history to achieve what is known as the “Explorer’s Grand Slam.” But Vescovo was already looking for... View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Jeff Wilson; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

he has to Pittsburgh’s business elite while maintaining the objectivity to tell the hard truths about those same people. Ultimately, he must thwart a terrorist plot that could disrupt the massive corporate merger that would restructure... View Details

13 Mar 2018
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Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission

bestseller, and in 2014, became a major motion picture starring Mark Wahlberg. Matt Brady (MBA 2016) lived this mission. As a pilot in an elite Army helicopter unit called the Night Stalkers, he was tasked with delivering Luttrell and... View Details

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