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Published · transcript-backedGlenn Loury: evaluation
8 Feb 2023 Conversations with Tyler Glenn Loury on the Cover Story and the Real Story
“I agree with you that the prospects for them are rosy, all things considered, but not everybody is going to get into Stanford Law School, or Yale Law School, or the Chicago Business School, or get hired as a young associate at one of the investment banks of something.”
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- Glenn Loury
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- 8 Feb 2023
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…But from what? Levels of wealth are higher. If they’re going to Brown, their future, while not assured, is certainly not looking bad. What’s really going on here? Again, I confess ignorance, but I will nonetheless plunge ahead. They all want to get the brass ring. I agree with you that the prospects for them are rosy, all things considered, but not everybody is going to get into Stanford Law School, or Yale Law School, or the Chicago Business School, or get hired as a young associate at one of the investment banks of something. They’re fiercely competitive. The grade grubbing is mind-boggling, and they seem to be driven by this idea that each and every one of them has to be in the top 10 percent when only 10 percent of them are going to be. That’s part of it, but you’re asking the wrong guy. You need a culture critic to respond. You are a culture critic, Glenn, and you’ve taught these people for so long. Now, is it different for black students at top schools such as Brown? Similar set of mental-health problems or quite a different situation? What do you think?…
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