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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Really hope that someone in education policy at high levels or smart journalists run with some of the issues raised in this thread. [/b]We need more research into extremely High drop rates and life long student debt and its relationship to growing tertiary education gaps.  [/quote]

LMAO. Is DCUM your only news source?[/quote]

Not at all but many journalists and professors and education specialists frequent here -

I read widely both left and right leaning media.

This problem is huge and growing -
There will be no panacea to fix everything but we need to make a more serious effort to reduce the gaps in tertiary education.

There are so many societal benefits to having a better educated population - from better health, life expectancies, better care for children, better civic engagement etc etc

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My point was, these are among the most pressing, prominent, and "worked on" issues in higher education and higher ed policy. You don't need to "really hope that smart journalists or higher up people in ed policy" are reading this DCUM thread (lol) for people to take notice. Low grad rates, high debt for students who never actually end up getting the credential, tertiary education gaps - immense amounts of money and research are dedicated to figuring these things out, but there is no easy answer. That's why I asked if you only read DCUM, because it may be the first time the issue has really been talked about HERE, but it would be odd for someone who "read(s) widely" to not know that these issues are absolutely researched, "ran with", etc. at length in the media, research, ed policy, etc. [/quote]

I disagree. As a parent who has been through extensive college search process before and beginning again now, I simply disagree.

I  don’t think there is enough emphasis on providing helpful college info for really weak students from disadvantaged communities, especially black students.

There is much more college info to guide UMC and MC students.

The stats speak for themselves. [/quote]

Educational policy experts write about this all the time and it guides a lot of educational policy.  But the consumers of media about college are far more likely to be MC/UMC families. [/quote]

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