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RE: [xmca] whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/
Haydi, I assume that this is the macro issue you're referring to in your previous note. Student loan programs at low interest started getting reduced during Ronald Reagan's administration, and have never recovered. Meanwhile, the rate at which state legislatures have funded public universities has dropped dramatically, making them "public/private" universities in funding. See http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3927. So, in order to operate universities whose budgets have been cut, and which remain in competition for enrollments, they raise tuition as a way to balance the budget, and otherwise rely on fundraising (rather than state subsidies) to operate, which in turn puts wealthy donors in better position to dictate university policies.
I'm not apologizing for the system, only explaining why things as they are. You get what you pay for, and people are not keen on spending tax dollars on things that don't produce visible results for them personally (especially in the part of the country where I live). So, they want the street in front of their house repaired, but don't want to support higher education if they and their kids aren't attending.
I wish I had a rosier portrait to paint, but I'm using available materials.
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From: Haydi Zulfei <haydizulfei@rocketmail.com>
To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
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Subject: Re: [xmca] whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/
Short and relevant , Peter ! Thanks !
But how is this and similar ones of macro-dimensional to be healed ?
http://xe-mg42.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=1efe9bgsmmdf4#mail
Best
Haydi
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From: Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu>
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/06/17/whats-the-most-natural-way-to-learn-it-might-surprise-you/
The author, Daniel Willingham, is a straight-up cognitive psychologist-interesting to see him essentially promoting a cultural-historical perspective in this essay. p
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