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Re:Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions ... by intended on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @08:37AM (#23550638)
Well tax your rich and corporations more - education is singularly able to propel people out of poverty. For your tax increase you get a way out of poverty.

Tanstafl.

Frankly though- the American education problem is just people talking about the loss of manufacturing jobs at two degrees removed.

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Re:Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions ... by torstenvl on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @02:39PM (#23555035)
> education is singularly able to propel people out of poverty

You're using education in an ambiguous way here. Either you're including vocational training, in which case the argument for universal college doesn't follow, or you only mean college, in which case the premise is false.

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Re:Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions ... by stevens32 on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @01:23PM (#23692459)
Vocational training is way under-utilized and promoted in the US, but there are still many many jobs that won't even look at you without a degree in hand. As long as we're careful about where the money comes from, universal education can be a huge win for almost all citizens.
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