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As a fight over the future of elite higher education consumes university leaders and politicians, most college students live in a very different world with very different challenges.
By Alan Blinder and Steven Rich
There are more than 19 million college students in the United States. Most are well removed from academia’s corridors of wealth and power, cavernous football stadiums and carefree nights hanging out in dorms. The war between President Trump and Harvard University barely registers to them.
