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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Ivory Tower vs. Fordist Education

Shailja Sharmaf at Inside Higher Education
"Before the last decade, colleges were never seen as the only route to a decent, paying job; just one among many. The death of our industrial base forced parents to see a college degree as the savior of the middle-class dream. Let us be clear: this shift was based on fear, not on evidence."

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