by The Atlantic | Dec 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’d understood that rich people could buy lots of art, but I hadn’t realized until this moment that my definitions of rich and lots were off by many orders of magnitude. “Clients ask me, ‘Are we collectors?’ And I say, ‘Has the word warehouse entered your...
by The Atlantic | Dec 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
The destruction of dozens of majors and careers at West Virginia University, which serves many working- and middle-class students, raises a fundamental question in public higher education: If you’re a bright kid of modest means, which opportunities do you deserve? –...
by The Atlantic | Dec 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
West Virginia says no. “For most students, their state’s main public university remains their best hope of breaching the walls of class difference. As the ax falls, that idealistic mission fades, and inequalities widen.” – The Atlantic
by The Atlantic | Dec 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Lately, however, the social-science world has become mired in controversy. Researchers themselves have started to note that many famous experiments have been debunked—such as, indeed, the Stanford prison experiment—or simply can’t be replicated. – The...
