Who’s Who study sheds new light on power of old boy network

Analysis of 120 years of biographical data in Who’s Who shows those who went to a top public school are now 94 times more likely to be included in the UK’s ‘elite’

The enduring power of the old boy network has been laid bare by a study that found alumni from nine leading public schools are 94 times more likely to reach the elite than those who attended other schools.

Granted unprecedented access to all 120 years of biographical data in Who’s Who, researchers from the London School of Economics calculated that the so-called Clarendon schools, which include Eton, Harrow, Rugby and Westminster, continue to produce nearly 10% of entrants. This is despite those schools having traditionally educated fewer than one in 500 (0.15%) of pupils aged between 13 and 18.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2zQgr8n