[lbo-talk] How Much Do College Students Learn, and Study?

[Chuck Grimes]

> On Jan 28, 2011, at 1:04 PM, c b wrote:
>
>> I still think the ruling class doesn't want tens of millions of
>> "analytical" and critical thinkers. They especially don't want a lot
>> of critical thinkers.  They remember well that many of the activists
>> of  the "60's" reform movements were students, critically thinking
>> students.  So, the state of education described by Doug above is not
>> an accident.
>
> I think you've got a point. Which is a way of saying that this situation 
> matters a lot, and shouldn't be dismissed out of some faux populism.
>
> Doug

It was direct policy from Ronald Reagan. He got into governor's office 
campaigning to clean up Berkeley. Once he was governor, he pushed the 
Regents to initate student fees, which over the years grew to become so 
large
only the upper middle class could afford them. This effectively elimentated
any working class hope of a college education in anything except a 
guarrantied high income professional degree.

CG