How much is a college degree really worth? Is higher education still considered a vehicle for social mobility in the modern era? What barriers to accessing college still have legacies that extend into modern admissions and education? Join us as we educate ourselves on the answers to all of these questions and more in order to discover who wins and loses in the game of higher education.
Check out the following links for more information:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/education/Lay-education-and-the-lower-schools#ref47520
https://www.mastersavenue.com/articles-guides/good-to-know/the-10-oldest-universities-in-the-world
https://dailyhistory.org/How_did_higher_education_develop_in_the_United_States
https://scholar.harvard.edu/goldin/files/the_shaping_of_higher_education_the_formative_years_in_the_united_states_1890-1940.pdf
https://www.npr.org/2014/03/18/290868013/how-the-cost-of-college-went-from-affordable-to-sky-high
www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/09/why-is-college-so-expensive-in-america/569884/
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/11-lessons-history-higher-ed
https://www.nas.org/academic-questions/20/2/review_the_chosen_the_hidden_history_of_admission_and_exclusion_by_jerome_karabel