The GENERAL CONTEXT of such use is:
technical selection:
See:
academic freedom and independence in society
a full account of the selection process
ascription
educational system legitimacy
educational titles
homo hierarchicus
keeping the 'dregs of society' out of school by 'honest means'
liberation and exposure of corruption as the means of concealment of corruption
medical 'selection' (an example)
moral depravity as selection
reality and the misconceptions of sociologists
social essence
sociodicy
social selection
societal maya, as regards academia
technical competence and academic/social selection
the double negation of academic norms
the dynamics of social exclusion
the negative sociology of 'the general interest'
the relative autonomy of the educational system
the social selection of self-exclusion
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