Don’t say ‘elite’: Corporate firms’ new pitch is meritocracy. McKinsey other big firms [claim to] want to recruit with a wider net, focusing more on skills than on pedigree. ~finance Article 1332 words 12 votes
Cornell hockey claims men’s and women’s Ivy League titles ~sports.hockey Article 312 words, published Feb 20 2024 3 votes
Inventing the perfect US college applicant – For $120,000 a year, Christopher Rim promises to turn any student into Ivy bait ~life education.higher Article 7418 words, published Jan 29 2024 23 votes
What does the oligarch behind the ‘Ivy League antisemitism crisis’ actually want? ~life education.higher Article 2888 words 22 votes
Revenge of the nerds is a fantasy, it’s the jocks who have more successful careers ~life work education.higher Article 300 words, published Oct 15 2023 13 votes
Study of elite US college admissions data suggests being very rich is its own qualification ~life education.higher Article 2987 words 55 votes
How an Ivy League school turned against a student ~life education.higher Article 10 840 words, published Mar 25 2022 10 votes
Harvard, MIT sue US immigration authorities over new rule for foreign students ~news usa Article 905 words 23 votes
Researchers at Cornell University concluded that an online semester would result in more COVID-19 ~health Article 1248 words 16 votes
The disadvantages of an elite education: Our best universities have forgotten that the reason they exist is to make minds, not careers ~humanities education.higher Article 5484 words, published Jun 1 2008 16 votes
How does a rural Colorado county with three people per square mile send thirty students to an Ivy League institution? ~life education.higher Article 2776 words 9 votes
Harvard sued by 'descendant of slave for profiting from photos' ~humanities.history Article 697 words 7 votes
Elite colleges constantly tell low-income students that they do not belong ~life education.higher Article 575 words 7 votes
The other political correctness: America's elite universities are censoring themselves on China ~humanities education.higher Article 6514 words 11 votes