So the poor are attending more community colleges than 4 year universities.
But considering the costs, is this even possible or desirable to reverse?
The article says we should make it cheaper, but that's a pretty big demand.
>In the 20th century, rich and poor students were equally likely to get humanities degrees. Today, a majority of humanities students are poor.
That's curious as my local community colleges don't have much in the way of big humanities programs. Do others?
> For example, engineering schools often have separate applications, and they require higher test scores and grade point averages. Some “STEM” programs also expect students to arrive having completed prerequisite coursework — the kind more readily available to wealthy students in well-resourced high schools.
I remember this being the case even when I went to school. STEM type programs (we didn't call them that then) had this track that if you weren't already planning to be in you were discouraged from applying / were told you'd probably fail. There was no real way to be a late bloomer and work your way in.
But considering the costs, is this even possible or desirable to reverse?
The article says we should make it cheaper, but that's a pretty big demand.
>In the 20th century, rich and poor students were equally likely to get humanities degrees. Today, a majority of humanities students are poor.
That's curious as my local community colleges don't have much in the way of big humanities programs. Do others?
> For example, engineering schools often have separate applications, and they require higher test scores and grade point averages. Some “STEM” programs also expect students to arrive having completed prerequisite coursework — the kind more readily available to wealthy students in well-resourced high schools.
I remember this being the case even when I went to school. STEM type programs (we didn't call them that then) had this track that if you weren't already planning to be in you were discouraged from applying / were told you'd probably fail. There was no real way to be a late bloomer and work your way in.