Re: Door Slamming/Question

[McDonald James C <jcm5337@usl.edu>]

I can't agree with you, Steve.  Higher education went from serving around
2% of the population in the 19th century to over 50% today because a college
education began promising access to careers and to a higher standard of living.
Most of our students wouldn't be here or couldn't get the money to come
without that promise.  Most of us wouldn't have our jobs and most of our
schools wouldn't exist if higher education wasn't tied to career advancement.
And those who would have jobs would be teaching mainly those from rich enough
families that they didn't have to worry about their careers.
  Higher education isn't just about career preparation and certification, but
that's been a crucial purpose for it for over a century.  And that has meant
that millions of people have had a liberal education who otherwise wouldn't
have.
  Jim McDonald