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Power, Prestige and the World's Most Famous Scholarship. Bootstraps, Ep. 6
From This Week with EdSurge · Hosted by Ira Apfel
March 1, 2022·44:54
Episode summary
In this episode of This Week with EdSurge: 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 oldest and best-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?
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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 oldest and best-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?