I Hate the Ivy League

<p><strong>From Malcolm Gladwell’s hit podcast </strong><strong><em>Revisionist History</em></strong><strong> comes a compendium about one of his greatest obsessions: education.  </strong></p> <p>Malcolm Gladwell has long relished the opportunity to skewer the upper echelons of higher education, from the institution of <em>U.S. News & World Report</em>’s Best College rankings to the LSATs to the luxe Bowdoin College cafeteria. <em>I Hate the Ivy League: Riffs and Rants on Elite Education,</em> upends the traditional thinking around how education should work and tries to get to the bottom of why we often reward the wrong people. The higher education system follows a hierarchy that was created to primarily benefit top-tier, elite, well-off students, but Gladwell wants to find out how we can do a better job at educating the middle and make education more affordable, fair, and open to all. </p> <p>Why is Gladwell so obsessed with American education? The foreword and afterword of <em>I Hate the Ivy League</em> explains, framing this carefully curated selection of <em>Revisionist History </em>episodes. If you’ve never listened to <em>Revisionist History,</em> this collection is a thoughtful introduction to the long-running podcast, and if you’re already a fan, it allows for careful re-examination of the important issues at hand: how do we really determine what matters most when it comes to educating our children? </p> <p><em>Please note: This collection includes content that has been released in the podcast series.</em></p> <p> </p>