How Higher Education Can Win Back America

College should not be a prerequisite for advancing one’s prospects in life, but everyone should have an opportunity to continue education as a young adult, either in a good apprenticeship, trade school, two-year college or university.
-Michael S. Roth, President of Wesleyan University
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/opinion/college-education-tuition-egalitarian.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kk4.IL2n.vnew7VMcJFg6&smid=url-share

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Seems as though this article should be dated from sometime in the 1980s/1970s rather than at the end of 2024.

Not sure what you mean:

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Disagree. The anti-intellectual bent in American culture has never in my lifetime been more severe than it is now. It is an attitude that currently carries enough force to elect a president … twice.

Good piece.

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