Harvard Creates Managers Instead of Elites
Harvard prides itself as the training ground for American elites. But that goal has given way to striving managerialism, myopic career goals, and a stunted appetite for risk.
Kelly Sikkema/Harvard University I walked alone into the Sheraton Hotel with fifteen resumes in a folder tucked under my arm and a dim sense of dread, ready to confront the Harvard Business & Technology Career Fair. The resumes were probably unnecessary. I was only a sophomore, but gnawing uncertainty about my career direction compelled me to browse my options for the future. “Hi!” A recruiter popped up next to me as I pressed my name tag to my chest. “Do you have any questions for us?” She held out a flyer and a free branded water bottle to me, and I stifled the urge to draw back. The flyer r
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