Comments on: The Disadvantages of an Elite Education http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/06/19/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/ Daniel Lemire's blog is about life in academia, research in Computer Science, wondering how we can reconcile fast databases and algorithms with the informal and asemantic nature of the world around us. It is broadcasted from Montreal (Canada). Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:14:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Janet Clarey http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/06/19/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/#comment-49980 Janet Clarey Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:08:51 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/06/19/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/#comment-49980 Struggling with this very issue this morning...thanks for the link. Struggling with this very issue this morning…thanks for the link.

]]> By: Michael Mitzenmacher http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/06/19/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/#comment-49979 Michael Mitzenmacher Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:38:58 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/06/19/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/#comment-49979 Oh, please. There's certainly some valid starting points of criticism in there, but then he goes off the deep end. I'm no elite-school apologist, but by the end, I found the essay extreme to the point of, dare I say it, ridiculousness. For a more reasoned and balanced criticism of the current state of the Ivies, I'd recommend my esteemed colleague's book, Excellence Without a Soul by Harry Lewis. Oh, please. There’s certainly some valid starting points of criticism in there, but then he goes off the deep end. I’m no elite-school apologist, but by the end, I found the essay extreme to the point of, dare I say it, ridiculousness.

For a more reasoned and balanced criticism of the current state of the Ivies, I’d recommend my esteemed colleague’s book, Excellence Without a Soul by Harry Lewis.

]]> By: Daniel Lemire http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/06/19/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/#comment-49978 Daniel Lemire Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:30:12 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/06/19/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/#comment-49978 He went to Yale, got a big fat job because he was entitled to it. That's what the essay says. He went to Yale, got a big fat job because he was entitled to it.

That’s what the essay says.

]]> By: Parand http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/06/19/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/#comment-49977 Parand Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:27:35 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/06/19/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/#comment-49977 The essay itself is a bit longer than I have time for at the moment to read, but the quote is interesting: ... our current president ... went to Yale. I'm still looking for the disadvantage of going to Yale... The essay itself is a bit longer than I have time for at the moment to read, but the quote is interesting:

… our current president … went to Yale.

I’m still looking for the disadvantage of going to Yale…

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