An excellent talk from the author of *Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Eliter & The Way to a Meaningful Life*. The book is based on an article that appeared in the *American Scholar* in 2008. The article and book is a wake-up call for all those that have embraced a neo-liberal view of education.

The following is a talk Dr. Deresiewicz gave at Stanford's McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8xe4GbJUqU&w=560&h=315]