Gladwell says Vassar has a reputation for “mediocre” food but that’s partly because it chooses to accept far more low-income students than Bowdoin.

The College Fix reports.

Colleges that serve ‘amazing food’ accept fewer low-income students, popular writer claims

Bowdoin College has a bone to pick with Malcolm Gladwell.

The elite liberal arts school – well known for anti-Semitism among student activists, its “queer library,” intersectional teach-ins, punishment of cultural appropriation and apathy for U.S. history – drew the ire of the New Yorker writer and author of popular books such as The Tipping Point on his new podcast.

The subject of the episode is “how the food each school serves in its cafeteria can improve or distort the educational system,” using Bowdoin and its liberal arts rival Vassar as examples – and Bowdoin has chosen to serve “amazing food” in its cafeteria rather than accept more low-income students.