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Zev van Zanten

Zev van Zanten is a student at Duke University, where he studies mathematics; economics; and philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE). Outside of Duke, he writes on policy, innovation, and culture for various publications and works in the world of public policy.

Articles by Zev van Zanten


A Rough Guide To Merit

Placed prominently within President Trump’s controversial “compact” for higher education was a call to center merit in admissions. The president’s offer to universities, which followed more than a decade of…




Getting the Most From AI

Ever since that fateful day in November 2022 when OpenAI released ChatGPT, hardly a week has gone by in which AI hasn’t been in the news. Much of this coverage…