VDH: two themes combined

[cema]

Someone in my friends feed has been complaining about certain elite universities, and (separately) Hacker News linked to articles questioning how much elite education is worth. This is one theme; the other one is Obama's policies, especially foreign.

Victor Hanson managed to combined them in one essay. I am not sure what to make of it, but it reads nice.

Comments

[cema.livejournal.com]

There is a difference between quality education and elite education. I do not really share the (common recently) anti-Ivy League sentiment. However, I do not think that good non-"elite" schools provide education of lower standards. There is a difference in the CV or resume, and there are ways for a graduate from an elite school to capitalize on the name, but the point is that the name is overvalued.