Why Macalester's prez takes issue with the current romanticization of dropouts
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"There are few things more condescending and destructive than those who have benefited from an expensive and intensive college education (Mr. Ellsberg is a graduate of Brown University) arguing that others need not bother about such benefits for themselves."
-- Macalester College President Brian Rosenberg in a Huffington Post commentary criticizing Michael Ellsberg's recent New York Times opinion piece,"Will Dropouts Save America?"
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