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The Ivy League and other elite private colleges are losing esteem
The Ivy League and other elite private colleges are losing esteem — and they deserve it.
In the book, I argue that these groups are natural rivals — and their clashes have become more explicit recently, like in Wall Street and Silicon Valley helping to lead the charge against the university presidents. So to some extent, I’m asking you to trust my reporting from a book that isn’t public yet — and my general exposure to the discourse, because surely I qualify as an “elite” myself as I’ve defined it — in my prediction that tech and finance are going to become much less tolerant of what they see as bullshit coming out of academia. This week, for instance, Google — despite probably being the most progressive or Silicon Valley company, nevertheless fired dozens of employees involved in pro-Palestine/anti-Israel protests that resemble those on university campuses.
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