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Who Needs Harvard?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-one-in-new-haven dept.

theodp writes "Slate's Daniel Gross explores why big corporations are hiring fewer Ivy Leaguers. Is it because today's bosses aren't as snowed by polished young Ivy grads as they were in the past? Or are today's Ivy League graduates simply so wealthy that they no longer feel the need to find stable, high-paying jobs at big companies?"

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  1. Other Schools... by Lord+Pillage · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Could it be that other schools are becoming better as access to information increases?

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  2. Ivy vs non-ivy... by lordbyron · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Being alumni of the ivy I can say I have had no real advantage in the direct job market because of my school but the network that I was able to develop while at school is second to none.

    There is a idiom of ivy arrogance that the only difference between the education you get at Harvard vs other schools is that at other schools you learn about history at Harvard you are taught by the people that made history and sitting in a room with others that will make history.