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Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate
I wish that you would just stop making stuff up.
Plenty of "rich kids" go to State schools, historically, now, and with continue to do so. To say that they don't "traditionally go to state schools" is complete nonsense.
Many state schools offer educations that are comparable to, or even better than, private universities, depending on the major, and offer tremendous value.
And considering that virtually all "rich kids" come from "rich parents" (or, at least, "rich families"), who are the ones that are actually paying the college tuition, such people are, in my experience, rather attuned to getting great value for their money. Which is how they became "rich" in the first place.
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Making stuff up? I guess the better discussion point would be to define rich. Because going to school is already a "rich kid's" privilege that most poor kids cannot even dream of. Economic segregation is a real problem in higher education and one that this issue resolves. Some stats that will make this very evident.
Median household income of University of Alabama students: $57,928 (only 17% of students are considered "low income" as defined by Pell Grants.)
Median household income of ASU students: $69,074 (28% of students are considered low income)
Median household income of Weber State students: $87,500 (only 18% of students come are considered low income)
Media household income of Columbia students: $150,900 (only 5.1% of students are considered low income)
Median household income of University of Virginia students: $155,500 (only 1.5% of students are considered low income)
Media household income of Harvard students: $168,800 (only 4.8% of students are considered low income)
Media household income of Yale students: $192,600 (only 2.1% of students are considered low income)
Education remains inaccessible for the poor, and all the stats and demographics support this claim.
What makes these stats even more sobering is the fact that less than 2% (less than 1% at the Ivy league schools) of students will actually transition between the poor to the rich. Education will better an individual's situation, but being born into a rich family is the only sure way of guaranteeing you're going to remain rich, and going to an Ivy League school all but carves it in stone.
Taking that same approach here's the largest community college districts in the country.
Median household income of Miami Dade students: $49,446
Median household income of Houston students: $55,501
Median household income of Maricopa students: $55,144
You can guess where the "poor kids" go to school.
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Is this a trick question?
Weber State doesn't even have a law school, does it?
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Obviously it was, and no, Weber State does not have a law school.