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Elite colleges should fight for social justice by helping to educate poor kids
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Elite colleges should fight for social justice by helping to educate poor kids

There's way too much symbolic politics on campus

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Feb 18, 2021
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I’ve never been one to report on “crazy happenings on campus” because even in my greatest moments of hippie-punching enthusiasm, I think there’s considerable value to freedom of association and letting colleges be exactly as zany as they want to be.

But here’s something I’ve noticed lately — left-wing people at the very most prestigious and exclusive ins…

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