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In The New York Times Book Review, Anthony Grafton reviews William Deresiewicz’s “Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life,” which argues that Ivy League schools graduate narrow-minded students who are later dissatisfied and purposeless. Mr. Grafton writes:
With their stately buildings and soaring trees, their star professors and even starrier student bodies, Ivy League schools look like paradises of learning. Deresiewicz describes them as something very different, and very much worse.
On this week’s podcast, Mr. Deresiewicz discusses “Excellent Sheep”; Maria Russo talks about the Back to School issue; and Jennifer Szalai has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.