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Sunday, December 23, 2012

The Class Struggle in American Higher Ed « Student Activism

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The Class Struggle in American Higher Ed

This, from the front page of today’s New York Times, is a really strong piece, and really worth reading. I may find time to say more about it after the Christmas break, but for now I’ll just cut and paste what I said about it on Facebook a moment ago…
One thing stuck out powerfully for me in this story is that making students jump through hoops sucks.
Too often recently, administrators and legislators have justified increased tuition by bumping up financial aid concurrently. But even when those hikes are commensurate — and they often aren’t, and they rarely are in the