As I am moving out of town, would you
please cease sending me pen-l messages?
thanks. -rob patton
did anyone else notice that it's soon going to be time for a
25th anniversary commemorative concert in ohonor of the
Altamont concert? Maybe some of the groups that were there,
such as the Rolling Stones and the Hell's Angels would reappear.
gimme shelter,
Jim Devine
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I appreciate the very thoughtful replies to my postings. My reply
follows.
I'm not saying that "_any_ form of federal, tax-payer support for access
to higher education should be done away with," as Mark Laffey
understands me to say. As long as the economy has any need for
additional peopl
_The Economist_ recently ran an article (August 20-26, p44) on Germany's much
admired dual system of education -- two tracks, one academic, one vocational.
It's running into trouble. The need for highly skilled blue collar workers
is declining, the demand for more flexible generalists with great
Well, if it's any consolation, here at O$U we're consolidating and downsizing
our communication and journalism departments in favor of "core social sciences"
like economics (!), political science, sociology and psychology (all with a
quantitative focus). At least this university is trying to av
Although I appreciated much of the passion behind Mark Laffey's
post, I do think there are important questions to be raised about
the public subsidy of higher education. In one sense, I think it
is inadequate, since I would like to see higher education freely
available to anyone interested. (Whet
Sometimes I have serious reservations about the "left." Richard's remarks
on education are precisely the same as though of Milton Friedman and others
circa 1968-1973. This was precisely the point in time colleges and college
financing were forced open to accommodate working class students --
espec
Richard:
I think that there are two flaws in your posting.
One, the relative return to a college degree has been increasing since the
early 1980s, i.e., the college graduate - non-college graduate differential
has been increasing -- especially for people with advanced degrees.
Two, undergradua
If I understand this correctly, you are suggesting that any form of federal,
tax-payer support for access to higher education should be done away with. The
argument is that there is no room (or very little) in the higher echelon, which
is where these people think they are going, so they should no
I have no problem with students choosing to attend a university for the
purpose of improving their thinking skills, to expand their
breadth of knowledge in whatever subject gives them the most pleasure,
or to simply enrich their consciousness and their appreciation of the
human drama. But unl
We have this rough table comparing federal spending for all forms
of subsidized housing with federal tax expenditures for housing
(which includes but is not limited to the mortgage interest
deduction). Feel free to contact me for more information. We're
using this information in a national campa
Your point is well taken.
one benefit of "too many college students" is that *employers* can
see a queue of job-seekers and then pick and choose the ones that
are best for their purposes. This gives the employers quite an
advantage in their relationship to employees.
in pen-l solidarity,
Jim Devine
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How do we address the problem that many American students of
limited talent are now spending huge amounts of time and money
pursuing some brass-ring occupation, only to (inevitably) see their
dreams denied? The fact is that we are educating many more
prospective managers and professionals th
The accumulation of capital (the reproduction of capitalist class
relations on a wider and wider scale) has been destroying and
transforming family organization for a long time (200 years+),
just as with other pre-capitalist organizations.
As a result, there's *always*
been a contradiction within
This item about Congressman Bernard Sanders appeared in Computer
underground Digest 6.71--Usenet newsgroup --
issued August 11.
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