Shut Up About Harvard | FiveThirtyEight
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“Ninety-five percent of the newsroom probably went to private institutions, they went to four-year institutions, and they went to elite institutions,” said Jeff Selingo, a longtime higher-education journalist who has a new book focused on giving advice to a broader group of students. “It is exactly the opposite of the experience for the bulk of American students.”
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That myopia has real consequences for education policy. (...) The media’s focus on elite schools draws attention away from state cuts to higher-education funding, for example.
