He says students who pursue advanced degrees are “topping off the tanks with economic value.”
They are raking in all the money.
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The shift in what students intend to study — away from fine arts, education, arts and humanities, and agriculture, and toward science, engineering, and health — demonstrates that students are increasingly looking to college to prepare themselves for employment.
Students clearly want to be successful after college, this is a given. But do they all become successful after? If so, do they follow up with working in the same field as their degree?
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Soon more students will desire a Ph.D. than a bachelor’s degree.
Maybe more people want to help give back to the population through getting a Ph.D.
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On the other side, the upper middle class continues to seek out the most selective colleges,
And these selective schools are on the east coast, causing these students to travel for their education. It would increase because of how much these schools are desired by incoming freshman.
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with more than half describing themselves as “middle of the road.”
Its interesting how almost half of freshman classified themselves as in the middle, especially during such a hostile time in America.
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as well as more black students' attending two-year or for-profit colleges, and continuing battles over affirmative action.
This creates an even larger gap for people that don't get equal opportunity for education. It's just really ssd.
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In fact, the proportion of black students has dropped from nearly 12 percent to a little more than 8 percent, where it was 40 years ago.
This reminds me of the integration podcast, that mentioned how integration had slowed down after the 80s for some reason.
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n 1971, 10 percent of freshmen were nonwhite. By 2015, that figure had grown to 43 percent.
schools wanted to integrate their institutions more and become "known" for having a more diverse campus.
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Thought this would be a little bit higher than 3.1%
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3.1%
Cs get Degrees.
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66.1%
This is shows how far apart the gap is to another level
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and just over 40 percent of freshmen identified their political views as "middle of the road."
Does this mean that they don't know? Or they find interests in either side?
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More than half
I feel like this is the main reason for people's final decision. Who wouldn't think this?
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a single income percentile – represents nearly 100,000 children who were born in the early 1980s
Again, this shows how dramatic of a change there is for income/college in the past 40 years
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While rich children born around 1980 were nearly three times more likely to go to college than poor children, they were six times more likely to graduate, according to a study separate from the one we're showing here.
This makes sense because it shows how much college and admissions have upgraded their standards.
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The very rich often send their children to different high schools, too, which may improve their chances of going to college.
When you have wealth it is easier to accommodate your children with the best education possible. It's sad that equal opportunity for education is not a true reality.
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The rise in inequality in recent decades means that there is now quite a large income gap between the very rich and merely affluent:
Growing up in LA, I have seen how split the rich and poor are in many communities. It does not surprise me that the gap is becoming larger.
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Use the syllabus and lecture material to generate questions and comments in advance.
A very good habit to get into. It will help you display your input on the topic
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Disagree with someone in a respectful and constructive way.
This can change your classmates perspective of their comment in a positive way. It also shows how your thought process of the topic is represented
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Summarize several people’s contributions
Come up with an original idea that connects previous comments/ideas to change the direction of the discussion
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Prepare to contribute
Be ready to ask questions and discuss the topic when entering entering the class
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