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Higher Education and Rising Inequality  - In the forthcoming collection, Democracy's Education: Public Work, Citizenship, and the Future of Colleges and Universities (Vanderbilt University Press) soon available for advance order on Amazon.com and other sites, David Mathews, president of the Kettering Foundation, uses the evocative phrase "the struggle for the soul of higher education" to describe democratic trends in higher education contending with goals like cost cutting, preparation for today's jobs, and on-line education. The book collection also shows how the future of higher education is linked to the fate of the nation.

Does higher education contribute to rising inequality ? - Higher levels of inequality also lead to higher levels of debt which in turn lead ... But there is no denying the fact that in both Britain and America social ...

The issues of inequality in standardized testing and admissions, and rising student debt are all worthy subjects in any discussion of education reform; ... View article...

... many of my wealthy friends still subscribe to: that both poverty and rising inequality are largely consequences of America's failing education system. View article...