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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the subheading:

“Once ladders of social mobility, universities increasingly reinforce existing wealth, fueling a backlash that helped elect [b]Donald Trump[/b].”

LOL. There’s a connection between the rankings and Trump’s election? Who knew?[/quote]

Obviously, it's not a direct connection. But it is fair to say that yes, there is hostility toward elite institutions that are no longer accessible to average people.

For example, it is very difficult for an average student from Ohio or Michigan or Texas to even gain admission to their state flagship. That is a marked change from 30 years ago when their parents were growing up -- and yes, it breeds class and economic resentment. Increasingly people feel that the system is rigged against them.

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I grew up in Michigan. Way back when, UMich was “loyal” to the state and accepted mostly Michigan kids and was accessible for good students from Michigan high schools. It was a STATE school to educated Michigan’s future leaders and doctors and business people, etc. Along the way that changed and it’s now a school filled with mind bogglingly rich international students who pretty much do their own thing, similarly wealthy kids from the Northeast and Chicago for whom Michigan is a consolation prize for higher ranked private schools and who surround themselves pretty much with other wealthy people, kids from wealthy places in MI like Grosse Pointe. No longer are there large numbers of the middle class Michiganders....[/quote]

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