One of the more interesting reads is William Deresiewicz’s “The Disadvantages of an Elite Education” at AmericanScholar.org. Once an English professor at Yale, Deresiewicz is brutal in noting the many shortcomings of such an education.

Subtitled “Our best universities have forgotten that the reason they exist is to make
minds, not careers,” the one time professor hammers home one of the fundamental realities of an Ivy League education. In our country, a parent’s income becomes a key component of the higher education process.

As we noted in our study of the Finnish school system, in America, a parents’ social class is a significant predictor of a student’s participation in higher education. While some very bright children escape their social and economic situations, the fact is that higher education in America today tends to perpetuate the socioeconomic stratification that currently exists.

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