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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get frustrated by people that get so bent out of shape about this.
I get being frustrated by the rich (I say we eat them!  :wink: ) but the simmering resentment about people at lower incomes disturbs me.

YES!

Class mobility actually helps us all as a society. There is actual value in putting our young adults in learning environments where they experience life and opinions outside the bubble they were raised in. A concern for access to higher education for a highly diverse grop of students is not universaly fair, but actually serves the learning environment for all, by better preparing students to what the full breadth of society is, outside their own limited horizons.

We need to expand the fairness argument and include the rights of academic institutions to create a student body diverse enough for those learning opportunities to occur. It really IS about academic freedom.

As for the middle class, our kids will still go to college. Maybe one university becomes out of reach, but many others provide just the right spot for everyone. There is absolutely no argument that stands when we have such a rich higher education system in the US. This is absolutely NOT the zero-sum game that some media is making it look like.[/quote]

Yes, class mobility benefits society as a whole.  I never understand why people are so upset when someone from much worse off situation gets some help that will likely change their entire trajectory in life, whereas their kids are going to attend college somewhere, just not an $80K/year school---their kid has had a decent life, not worried about being shot each day at home, or where their next meal is coming from, or if they will have internet and electricity to do their homework, etc.  
There are affordable schools, you just have to look and have an open mind.  [/quote]

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