Awards & Recognition
¿ìɫֱ²¥ books have won numerous awards, including seven Pulitzer Prizes, five Bancroft Prizes, three National Book Awards, and hundreds of major awards from academic organizations. Dozens of Press authors have been awarded the most prestigious academic prizes in the world, including the Nobel Prize in economics, physics, chemistry, medicine, and literature, the Fields Medal, the Holberg Prize, and the Cundill Prize. Every year, ¿ìɫֱ²¥ books are named among the year’s best reads by publications around the world.
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Nobel Prize–Winning Authors
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Winner of the PROSE Award in Education Theory and Practice, Association of American PublishersFinalist for the Education Book Award, Forward INDIES
Winner of the Gold Medal in Current Events, Independent Publisher Book Awards
Winner of the Critics' Choice Book Award, American Educational Studies Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016Honorable Mention for the 2017 PROSE Award in Education Theory, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the Outstanding Book Award, Society of Professors of EducationWinner of the Pierre Bourdieu Book Award, Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner of the Gold Medal in Education, Independent Publisher Book Awards
Co-Winner of the Emory Elliott Book Award, UCR Center for Ideas & SocietyHonorable Mention for the Pierre Bourdieu Award for Best Book, Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological Association
A Forbes' Pick for The Year's Best ¿ìɫֱ²¥ About Higher Education, 2019
One of the Times Literary Supplement's ¿ìɫֱ²¥ of the Year 2020Finalist for the PROSE Award in Literature, Association of American Publishers
Shortlisted for the Parnassus Prize, Memoria College
Winner of the Parnassus Prize, Memoria College
Winner of the Frederic W. Ness Book Award, Association of American Colleges and UniversitiesWinner of the Grawemeyer Award in Education
One of Tyler Cowen's Best Non-Fiction ¿ìɫֱ²¥ of 2018One of Bloomberg Opinion's Favorite Nonfiction ¿ìɫֱ²¥ of 2018 (Stephen L. Carter)
One of The Times Higher Education Supplement’s ¿ìɫֱ²¥ of the Year 2014, chosen by Steven Schwartz
Winner of the 2011 Pierre Bourdieu Book Award, Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner of the 2011 Philip E. Frandson Award for Literature in the Field of Continuing Higher Education, University Professional and Continuing Education AssociationHonorable Mention for the 2010 PROSE Award in Education, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2013 Max Weber Book Award, Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section of the American Sociological AssociationWinner of the 2013 Pierre Bourdieu Award for Best Book, Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner of the 2011 President's Book Award, Social Science History Association