Elite Universities
topic on 6 shows · 7 statements across 7 episodes
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7 statements about Elite Universities, every show
Rowan: University protests are fundamentally anti-American and anti-system
“Israel, Palestine is not fully an anti-Semitic issue. And that's not what I saw at these universities. I saw it as an anti-American, anti-system issue.”
Thiel: Elite Universities' Function of Forming Leadership Has Broken Down
“Elite universities, I think the organizing function 50 plus years ago was you were supposed to get into the elite in our society, and that is completely broken down.”
Sam Parr: Taking $150K in debt for non-elite colleges is ridiculous
“I think that, like, these fancy schools, like what you went to, should be, like, designed for, like, the, Like the academic class and like the rest of us like plebs. Like I think I should have gone to like a trade school or a state school. I think I should hav…”
Stephens: Cultural Distortion in Elite Universities Requires Correction
“I'm not like in, in a war with elite universities, but I do think that there's some distortion that's happened that requires correction.”
Ferguson: Tiny fraction of elite grads understand WWII science
“That's the kind of thing that I think every well-educated person should know, and yet the reality is that tiny percentages of current graduates of elite universities understand that question.”
Chamath: Elite universities operate more like BlackRock than schools
“I think these elite universities are essentially asset management businesses that have an education, the fake leaf of education wrapped around them. So they're more like BlackRock than they are like a school.”
Khan: Elite universities will survive regardless of ROI as social clubs
“I think you're going to have a world where the very elite universities People join those. Yes. It's almost like you're joining a cast. You're joining a club. So I think they're going to be fine. I think that, you know, whether or not they can justify the ROI, …”