Wasn't able to read past the first paragraph due to paywall, but the first 2 sentences stuck out: > Power in the U.S. flows through the gates of the Ivy League

Wasn't able to read past the first paragraph due to paywall, but the first 2 sentences stuck out: > Power in the U.S. flows through the gates of the Ivy League and a very small tier of other top universities. These institutions set and sanction the boundaries of knowledge, including what kinds of political and social views are welcomed in prestige cultural spaces. Is that really the case anymore? If the last year has shown us anything, its that technology has further empowered grassroots ideas and activism, and that technology companies themselves are furthering their own influence in politics and knowledge (the free flow of information that is true and not true) way beyond what influencers in academia alone can do right now.