He said, "We came to Harvard as freshmen to change the world, and we’re leaving to become investment bankers — why is this?"

Well known education professor Howard Gardner is leading reflections at Harvard and a few other schools that "he hopes will push undergraduates to think more deeply about the connection between their educations and aspirations," wrote Sarah Rimer in her piece.

Anthony Marx, Amherst's president and who is on the leadership committee for ServiceNation, says, "We’re in the business of graduating people who will make the world better in some way.  That’s what justifies the expense of the education.”

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