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Re:Why Education Does Not Fix Poverty (2015) by throwawaykeno on Thursday May 26, 2016 @02:46AM (#11776083)
> (or don't goto any college)

I don't remember that being part of the conclusions.

Also, it's hard for me to take that study seriously. Good state schools can be as good as or better than Harvard. Basically I took the conclusion to be "there's a lot of greatness outside of the ivys"

Re:Why Education Does Not Fix Poverty (2015) by sndean on Thursday May 26, 2016 @04:17PM (#11781164)
>> (or don't goto any college) > I don't remember that being part of the conclusions.

That's true, it's possible my brain created that part.

> Basically I took the conclusion to be "there's a lot of greatness outside of the ivys"

Yeah. Put that way, it's a lot less interesting. Still, regarding ways to avoid high student debt, it's useful information.