Inequality University

Ivy League universities fuel social inequality at the same time public colleges are cut to the bone. They deserve to be dismantled.

Today, Yale University’s 316th commencement is taking place. Beaming young people and their proud parents have flocked to the immaculate New Haven campus, eager to start their climb further up the ladder of American success. They know, as they surely knew the day they arrived, that their passage through such an august institution prepares them for a life of financial security and high social standing. They know, in other words, that as much as any young people, they are positioned to advance to the rarefied world of elite America. Meanwhile, elsewhere in Connecticut, twelve community…

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