Exploiting waitlist variation, attending an Ivy‑Plus college raises a student’s odds of reaching the top 1% of earnings by 50%, nearly doubles elite grad school entry, and almost triples landing at prestigious firms versus attending a flagship public. Admissions rules at a handful of schools therefore directly influence who occupies top economic and institutional roles.
— It links selective-college gatekeeping to downstream elite composition, making admissions policy a lever over national leadership pipelines.
Wessie du Toit
2025.08.29
60% relevant
By arguing that only a university‑like institution can produce the leaders and critics needed to run banks, corporations, armies, and bureaucracies, the article echoes the finding that admissions at a few schools determine who occupies top roles; it shifts focus from campus culture to elite‑pipeline consequences.
Tyler Cowen
2025.08.28
62% relevant
The roundup notes 'Republican legislators are no longer coming from elite institutions of higher education,' suggesting a decoupling from Ivy‑Plus pipelines that prior work shows shape elite roles; this hints at a shifting composition of political elites and where gatekeeping power resides.
Tyler Cowen
2025.08.23
100% relevant
“Using a new research design… attending an Ivy‑Plus college… increases students’ chances of reaching the top 1%… nearly doubles… and almost triples…”
Sebastian Jensen
2025.07.13
80% relevant
By estimating that just ~13.8–15.6% of >125 IQ Americans attended elite undergrad institutions, the piece quantifies how a small, selective gate controls access to elite pathways highlighted in the Ivy‑Plus access research, implying large pools of comparable talent exist outside those pipelines.
Cremieux
2025.06.24
60% relevant
If Columbia continues race‑based admissions despite SFFA, then who reaches Ivy‑Plus campuses—and downstream elite jobs and incomes—remains racially engineered; the article’s rejected‑Asian vs admitted‑Black ACT contrasts imply the selection mechanism that feeds top institutions is still distorted.