[lbo-talk] What Would Have to Happen First

[brad bauerly]

>Yes, and this is a genuine reason to be hopeful. I was just reading
>UNESCO's Education for All 2010 report, and the expansion of the
>university system throughout the industrializing world is astounding. Per
>capita they're still catching up to the US, EU and Japan, but the absolute
>size of the student population has mushroomed. The numbers are here:


>http://slorgzilla.blogspot.com/2010/02/education-for-all.html
>-- DRR
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Wow, those numbers are amazing.  Now I am perplexed.  I was just reading
someone who had done research in Mexico and was claiming a process of
deschooling happening where young people would pass on higher ed because
they knew their earning power was greater if they just migrated to the US
and did manual labour or service work.  This contradicts her findings and
analysis.  This also must make us rethink our understanding of neoliberalism
and the 'race to the bottom', if one believed such things.

Brad