How Does Higher Ed Contribute to Income Inequality and How Can We Remedy The Problem?

By Cathy Davidson. An essential difference between higher education in the U.S. and most of the rest of the world is that the sort of who will or won’t go to university and the sort for what field one will study at university begin far earlier elsewhere.   Between the ages of ten and sixteen (depending on the country), various kinds of testing determine who will or won’t be eligible for post-secondary education.  Some students go into a vocational track, others into college prep.   Those heading into a college preparatory track often begin to study one discipline in secondary school that they will also focus on for the full course of their college study--math, history, philosophy, biology, and so forth. Read more...