I think this reader response will have a lot of NRO readers nodding

agreement:

“Mr. Derbyshire—Why would any moral parent send his child to an ‘elite

university’ for undergraduate studies? The places are cesspools of leftism

and immorality. The letter from your friend–apparently a proud member of a

band of serial sexual predators–should be enough to dissuade any parent

from sending his child to such a place. After four years, what are the odds

your child will emerge with a belief in God, a respect for sexual restraint,

and pride in Western culture? And, as a result of such an ‘education,’ the

parent will out many tens of thousands of dollars.

“Far better to send your child to a college where virtue is promoted. After

all, in most cases, the graduate degree is vastly more important than the

undergraduate degree these days. And after four years at a good college,

your child will be in far better shape to withstand the immorality and

leftism that is characteristic of ‘elite universities.’”