Re: [xmca] Downward mobility haunts US education

[mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>]

And the times, they are a changing.
mike

On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu> wrote:

> Two interesting stories about the US university system...
>
> Martin
> =========
>
> Downward mobility haunts US education
>
> "The Philadelphia-based Pew research group compared the outcomes of young
> people in 10 western countries, in a project called Does America Promote
> Mobility as Well as Other Countries?
>
> "It found the US had the strongest link between family wealth and
> educational success - and the lowest mobility. Advantage and disadvantage
> were being further amplified in education."
>
> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20154358>
>
> Saying No To College
>
> "Feeling squeezed by a sagging job market and mounting student debt, a
> groundswell of university-age heretics are pledging allegiance to new
> groups like UnCollege, dedicated to “hacking” higher education."
>
> <
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/fashion/saying-no-to-college.html?pagewanted=all
> >
>
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