Comments on: The Disadvantages of an Elite Education http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2008/06/19/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/ Computer Scientist and Open Scholar: Databases, Information Retrieval, Business Intelligence. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:13:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Janet Clarey http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2008/06/19/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/comment-page-1/#comment-49980 Janet Clarey Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:08:51 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/06/19/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/#comment-49980 Struggling with this very issue this morning...thanks for the link. Struggling with this very issue this morning…thanks for the link.

]]> By: Michael Mitzenmacher http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2008/06/19/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/comment-page-1/#comment-49979 Michael Mitzenmacher Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:38:58 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/06/19/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/#comment-49979 Oh, please. There's certainly some valid starting points of criticism in there, but then he goes off the deep end. I'm no elite-school apologist, but by the end, I found the essay extreme to the point of, dare I say it, ridiculousness. For a more reasoned and balanced criticism of the current state of the Ivies, I'd recommend my esteemed colleague's book, Excellence Without a Soul by Harry Lewis. Oh, please. There’s certainly some valid starting points of criticism in there, but then he goes off the deep end. I’m no elite-school apologist, but by the end, I found the essay extreme to the point of, dare I say it, ridiculousness.

For a more reasoned and balanced criticism of the current state of the Ivies, I’d recommend my esteemed colleague’s book, Excellence Without a Soul by Harry Lewis.

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That’s what the essay says.

]]> By: Parand http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2008/06/19/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/comment-page-1/#comment-49977 Parand Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:27:35 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/06/19/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/#comment-49977 The essay itself is a bit longer than I have time for at the moment to read, but the quote is interesting: ... our current president ... went to Yale. I'm still looking for the disadvantage of going to Yale... The essay itself is a bit longer than I have time for at the moment to read, but the quote is interesting:

… our current president … went to Yale.

I’m still looking for the disadvantage of going to Yale…

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