Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「A debate team at a maximum-security prison in upstate New York drew international attention when they defeated students from Harvard University in 2015. On Friday, it was time for a rematch.⁠ ⁠ The men, all of whom were convicted of state crimes and reside at Eastern Correctional Facility, are part of the Bard Prison Initiative, which enrolls more than 325 inmates across seven New York state prisons. About 20 of them take part in the debate program. ⁠ After their Harvard win, the prison team continued debating twice annually, besting teams from Brown and Duke universities, and suffering a loss to the University of Pennsylvania. Coach David Register chalked up the team’s impressive track record to obsessive preparation, teamwork and more life experience than most of their opponents.⁠ ⁠ Both sides prepared for months ahead of Friday’s contest. The proposition being debated: The corporatization of higher education does more harm than good. Harvard, as the visiting team, chose to argue in favor of that position.⁠ ⁠ Debaters on both sides spoke rapid fire, throwing out statistics on the fly. Rasmee Ky, an economics major who serves as the Harvard team’s president, argued that when universities focus on economic bottom lines, it ruins education. The prisoners argued that colleges were failing due to dwindling public funding, and that partnerships with corporations led to internships and jobs for graduating students.⁠ ⁠ After an hourlong debate, the judges—two professors and a debate coach—left the room to deliberate. They called it for Harvard, by a 2-1 vote. The prisoners were disappointed, but there was an upside. “Now that Harvard won,” said 48-year-old prisoner and debate team member Leroy Taylor, “there has to be a rematch.”⁠ (Correction: An earlier version of the caption incorrectly stated that all of the prisoners in the debate program came from Eastern Correctional Facility.) ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📷: @kholoodeid for @wsjphotos」5月9日 5時58分