An Ivy League education can open the door to a multitude of high-class opportunities for graduates seeking to make an impact in the world.
You can be a Nobel prize-winning scientist, a heralded mathematician, a high-profile lawyer, a groundbreaking physician, the CEO of a major corporation and even President of the United States.
Or you can be the general manager of a major-league baseball team.
When the Brewers named 30-year-old David Stearns as their new GM last Monday, it continued a trend in recent years of prioritizing education in filling that position in the majors. A 2007 graduate of Harvard, Stearns — who was assistant general manager in Houston — became the seventh current GM with an Ivy League degree, and by far the youngest.