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Fascinating paper on where 6000 global elites went to college. Billionaires, CEOs, heads of state, central bankers, etc.
In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to... See more
Here is the list Ackman wants, and not just Harvard.
https://t.co/zuYBn45Ojb https://t.co/X0gBKZoLmJ
.@BillAckman details Harvard's mismanagement:
-Undergrad class size up only 4% in 35 yrs, lagging pop. growth
-Foreign students grew to 27%, less U.S. focus
-Admin staff up, faculty flat for 15 yrs
-$8B in debt... See more
Josh Caplanx.comHarvard succeeded in becoming Harvard in large part because it never tried to become anything else.
Clayton M. Christensen • The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out
The problem for Lewis and his fellow professors was the Boston Globe's 2001 discovery that more than half of Harvard College grades were A's and A-minuses, and that more than 90 percent of graduates earned honors. A New York Times article declared, “Harvard, long a center of excellence in so many forms, is becoming known as a pioneer in grade
... See moreClayton M. Christensen • The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out
After World War II, Harvard welcomed a generation that could never fit in to its crowd. Now Harvard is once again looking for the right sort of fellow, as in an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel.