> the inability of society to support an excess of people who expect to be in the elite. For what it's worth, I have known a large number of people taking or

> the inability of society to support an excess of people who expect to be in the elite. For what it's worth, I have known a large number of people taking or having advanced degrees, only a small fraction of who would expect to be in "the elite" because of it. Perhaps this is somewhat an issue of self identification though.