🔴 🇺🇸 **The most successful and influential Americans come from a surprisingly narrow range of ‘elite’ educational backgrounds**

"_We found that exceptional achievement is surprisingly strongly associated with “elite” education, especially obtaining a degree from Harvard, and the general public tends to underestimate the size of this effect._"

Wai, J., Anderson, S.M., Perina, K. et al. The most successful and influential Americans come from a surprisingly narrow range of ‘elite’ educational backgrounds. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 11, 1129 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03547-8

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