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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks, PP. There will always be some people rich enough to pay private school tuition, but I agree with you that it would be a bad outcome if the top universities and SLACs turn into ivory towers for the privileged few.

I agree we need to shore up public education, both at the K-12 and college level. I was dismayed to read one prediction that community colleges will be the most threatened by MOOCs, although I'm not sure I agree. On the other hand, MOOCs run in a rigorous way might be a big part of the answer to providing a solid credential that employers can trust at a price most can afford.

Cohen has a piece in today's Post about the benefits of taking anthropology in college. I agree with him, yet I'm also worried about that ivory-tower-for-the-rich aspect. Can MOOCs with distributional requirements make this sort of academic free inquiry affordable? I don't know.

To the toxic PP, the phrase is "gentleman's C" not "gentleman's B+". You really shouldn't be posting toxic screeds on college readiness standards if you didn't go to college yourself.[/quote]

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