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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The critique is fine; the proposed solution is insipid. Brooks is pretty good when it comes to summarizing things that other people have been thinking and writing about for years. He isn’t much of an original thinker. [/quote] Yes. He’s proposing to rearrange the deck chairs. The fundamental problem is that the Ivies are too small for the social role they are trying to fill, and they refuse to grow. It doesn’t really matter how they fill their classes: their role as gatekeepers, and the ever-growing number of people locked out, will continue to fuel an ever-expanding populist backlash. [/quote] Cue the “but the experience wouldn’t be the same…” poster in 3…, 2…, 1[/quote]
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