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Interview 152: Matt Bonser on "Understanding Demonstrated Interest and Predictive Modeling"
Interview 152: Matt Bonser on "Understanding Demonstrated Interest and Predictive Modeling"Interview 151: Evan Mandery on “Poison Ivy”
- Evan Mandery is the author of eight books, including four novels, as well as the co-creator and executive producer of the TV series Artificial, for which he won Peabody and Emmy awards in 2019
- Evan Mandery shares his interesting background and how it shaped how he is today
- Evan talks about where his passion for educational equity originated from Evan talks about why he doesn’t believe students who go to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton deserve their elite status.
- Evan explains what he means by “the Iron Ceiling.”
- Evan talks about the quest to attend an elite school as about preserving one’s class status.
- Evan talks about elite colleges getting as much as a 20-billion-dollar tax break
- Evan shares statistics that show the opportunity gap between the well-resourced and under-resourced.
- Evan takes a critical look at why so many graduates from elite schools go into investment banking.
- Evan says, we need to incentivize schools to prioritize under-resourced students because their current position is indefensible.
- Evan talks about the best things parents can do for their children
- Evan gives his advice for counselors, parents and students
- Lisa puts Evan on the hot seat
