Ho points out that a future in finance has not always been the preferred goal of students at Harvard and other elite univel'Sities. Ilefore the l 980's, she writes, ·'Jvy League graduates relied on...

Ho points out that a future in finance has not always been the preferred goal of students at Harvard and other elite univel'Sities. Ilefore the l 980's, she writes, ·'Jvy League graduates relied on family wealth and networks ... for financial or indusaial fast-track grooming." How do the values of Ivy League students seem to have changed over time? What factors might explain how Wall Street became so pervasive a presence in the Jjves of Ivy League undergraduates? How might the growing influence of finance on unjversicy campuses reflect changes in the larger culnire?