tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post8160409483645891182..comments2024-03-27T14:20:05.905-04:00Comments on Montclair SocioBlog: College Costs - The International PerspectiveJay Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-72090023649715150072012-06-11T11:24:09.506-04:002012-06-11T11:24:09.506-04:00Tamar and Uomo, Nice to know you’re still reading...Tamar and Uomo, Nice to know you’re still reading this blog. <br /><br />Educational systems are so different that it may be a bit misleading to compare them solely on a single measure of affordability. (In Mexico, the difference in cost between private and public is huge.) You’re right that social class plays a part. I’m just not familiar enough with other systems to know how and to what extent class intertwines with access to higher education.Jay Livingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-11154604285053161662012-06-11T10:50:56.563-04:002012-06-11T10:50:56.563-04:00It's like we Americans only want the rich to g...It's like we Americans only want the rich to get educated or something like that...hmm...Uomo di Speranzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03611503055044491078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-38264338734456018752012-06-11T10:12:37.313-04:002012-06-11T10:12:37.313-04:00You might be totally shocked*, but it is possible,...You might be totally shocked*, but it is possible, that some student demonstrations, in some countries, are about the content of teaching, conditions in classroom and labs, or other such issues - and not necessarily only about tuition itself. <br /><br />It should be also added, that societies have other mechanisms that exclude working class people from reaching university education, e.g. the structure of secondary education in countries like Germany. <br /><br />Also - that graduates of institutions established especially in order to make education more accessible (e.g. community colleges in the US) suffer in many cases of discrimination when they seek work later and are bitterly disappointed that despite having "moved up" in education in comparison with parents/peers of the same socio-economic background, they are still condescended by upper-middle-class potential employers/colleagues. You have seen "My Cousin Vinnie", right? Even if you're a lawyer, there is law school and there is law school. <br /><br />And one last note on this interesting feature in Business Insider. One also wants to rebel against the linkage there between "university ranking" and tuition/accessibility. First of all, because the methodology of university rankings is something very controversial. But on "ideological" grounds: is one of the least accessible countries (Mexico is before the US, but almost no other country) - also the one with the top institutes? <br /><br />===<br /><br />* As a regular here I know you're not, just a figure of speechTamarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07278764448029851318noreply@blogger.com