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From: lonetto@phri.UUCP (Michael Lonetto)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: "Free" Education
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Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 19:53:09 EDT
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> Actually, it should be noted that for many, education IS free.  None of the
> best (by academic standards) have to pay tuition fees.  Certainly not at
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> grad school.  

Of course this is part of the problem.  As people have noted before women are
often discouraged early on from pursuing technical and business careers (not
counting secretarial work).  Poor people of all races (but note who these are)
often attend substandard public schools.  By the time people take SATs the
disparity in acheivement of equally intelligent people can be quite large.  
There is also the problem of many people who are quite intelligent but are
bored by mediocre (or worse) public school curriculae, and are chronic under-
acheivers until college.

Add to this the need for a very educated workforce at this time and I think
it becomes difficult to defend the "free education of the best and brightest"
as a sufficient public commitment to higher education.

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