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Dates: during 2008-2008
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...Center for Government and International Studies yesterday to hear former Yale professor William Deresiewicz debate two undergraduates on the merits of “elite education.” The discussion panel, titled “The (dis)Advantages of an Elite Education,” was based on Deresiewicz??s controversial article of the same name, published in The American Scholar magazine, which focused on the flaws in liberal arts education in prestigious universities—what Deresiewicz called “Ivy retardation.” The two main disadvantages of elite education, Deresiewicz wrote...

Author: By Youho T. Myong, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Scholar Derides Elite Education | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

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