October 30, 2011
Are Elite Colleges Worth It?
Kurt Vonnegut's son, Mark, wrote in his memoir The Eden Express that the best thing about graduating from college is that you can say what a pile of crap college is and "no one can accuse you of sour grapes."
Mark attended Swarthmore College. I did too, graduating in 1988. I got a Ph.D. from Yale seven years later. My education might brand me as an "elite" today—the word has become an insult. But since I didn't come from privilege, money, power, or connections, my story
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