This article appears in the December 2024 print edition with the headline “How the Ivy League Broke America.” When you buy a book using a link on this page, we receive a commission.

Are many of the ills that plague American society caused by Ivy League admission policies? That is the premise of David Brooks’s cover story for the December issue of The Atlantic, “How the Ivy League ...

David Brooks’ recent essay in "The Atlantic" (How the Ivy League Broke America) offers an important critique of the elite-producing mechanisms of the country. It also delves into policy and ...

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There was no confetti, no congratulations, no "We are delighted to inform you …" I pieced it together quickly enough: The Ivy League school rejected my application. Tears prickled at the corners ...

Ramaswamy declared that American culture has “venerated mediocrity over excellence ... Research by the National Bureau of Economic Research has shown impressive individual attainment from Ivy League ...