Excellent Sheep

Excellent Sheep
Author	William Deresiewicz
Subject	Philosophy of education, higher education, general sociology
Published	2015 (Free Press)
Pages	256
ISBN	9781476702728

Last updated November 04, 2025

Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life is a 2015 book of social criticism on the role of elite colleges in American society written by William Deresiewicz and published by Free Press.^[1] Deresiewicz addresses the pressure of succeeding under which students are put by their parents and by society, considering more particularly the ones that are planning to attend Ivy League universities.

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1 2 3 4 Deresiewicz, William (2015). Excellent Sheep. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4767-0272-8. Archived from the original on March 23, 2016.

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[official-1] 1 2 3 4 Deresiewicz, William (2015). Excellent Sheep. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4767-0272-8. Archived from the original on March 23, 2016.

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