elitism in education

The aim of this paper was to study elitism in education. The main ground of manifestation of elitism, and the effects that theoreticians of elitism may have on this process were studied. Moreover, the bad effects of elitism on education was considered. The research was accomplished using an analytical method in two parts: at first, dealing with effects of the elitism in higher education with an emphasis on virtue based education, developing particular schools, and presenting totally different teachings for nurturing leaders and followers. In second part, we have tried to analyze the injures of education raised from elitism. Based on the research findings, some of the injures are marketized education, spreading of inequality in education, and decreasing in considering the Humanities and art.