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Jan 2023
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325. The Downfall of the Ivy League | Vi...

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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Dr Jordan B Peterson and Victor Davis Hanson discuss the state of Ivy League universities, the rise of administrative exploitation, and the cost of our institutions losing credibility.   Victor Davis Hanson is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, focusing on classics and military history. He is an accomplished academic, prof ... Show More
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