“The average Harvard freshman in 1952 would have placed in the bottom 10 percent of the incoming class by 1960.” CultureCompetitionMiddle ClassMeritocracyStratification Book:Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 Source: Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010
“Instead of feeling sorry for the exceptionally able student who has no one to talk to, we need to worry about what happens when the exceptionally able students hang out only with one another.” IntellectualismElitismStratification Book:Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 Source: Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010