The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: Data Points To A Reversal Of The Democratization Of Higher Education

March 13, 2012

Data Points To A Reversal Of The Democratization Of Higher Education

Instead of serving as a springboard to social mobility as it did for the first decades after World War II, college education today is reinforcing class stratification, with a huge majority of the 24 percent of Americans aged 25 to 29 currently holding a bachelor’s degree coming from families with earnings above the median income. The class-reinforcing trends of higher education pose an acute dilemma for the American political system.There is a substantial body of evidence that the system is failing to reward students with high test scores who come from low-income families. Read more at:
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/the-reproduction-of-privilege/?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120312

Mar 13, 2012 1:57:00 AM | Data/Statistical Reports, Higher Ed Industry

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