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...Heimert laments the drop in the number of undergraduate preppies from about 60 percent of Harvard students 30 years ago to less than 40 percent now, claiming a metamorphosis in Harvard's social atmosphere...
...Heimert also slams the pre-professional "Kennedy School syndrome" that has become a regular affliction among non-preppy undergraduates, who increasingly demand "a sense of the cash value of anything [they] are learning...
...There are probably more people now who are here for their diploma, not their education," says Heimert. "They want the Harvard degree...
...Some preppies are rich enough so they don't have to worry about a job," says Heimert. "So they're not that practical...
They hold the view that they "don't need to look for a job because daddy will give [them] a company," adds Heimert...