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

[Alan Rudy]

The frame of reference in this exchange has repeatedly been late-60s
(when Doug and others were in college, etc) vs. now (when Jeff and I
[and you] are teaching).
Someone added data about little changes in the last decade.
It didn't change the long term frame of reference.
Jordan nailed it.

On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:54 PM, brad <babscritique at gmail.com> wrote:


> Alan Rudy wrote: "It is true that far more folks who would not have
> gone to college in the past now go to college"
>
> I've seen this type of statement a few times on this thread and maybe
> I am missing what you mean by it but the data presented here shows
> that the percentage of the US population attending colleges and
> universities is going down very slightly not going up (if I read it
> correctly).  Sure in absolute numbers more US citizens are attending
> but not as a percentage.  Which means we should be getting more of the
> cream of the crop (to put it crudely).
>
> Brad
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