In the biggest picture, it's pretty ridiculous that US college credentialism increased exponentially in the 20th century ... but the US higher education system stopped making elite physical universities in the 19th century.
An important/interesting exception is the unfurling of the UC system, which got its start in 1868. UCLA was founded in 1919 and UCSD in 1960.
Still means the youngest of the v good physical universities are near Social Security eligibility in age.
https://twitter.com/neuroecology/status/1457728251548348426?s=20
Still means the youngest of the v good physical universities are near Social Security eligibility in age.
what i should have said:
the significance of college attainment in the US economy has grown by a lot during a period in which there's been very scarce expansion, experimentation, or invention in higher ed. no matter what you make of today's news, that's bad!
the significance of college attainment in the US economy has grown by a lot during a period in which there's been very scarce expansion, experimentation, or invention in higher ed. no matter what you make of today's news, that's bad!
In the 30 years between 1865 and 1895, we built a lot of great universities. In the last 30 years, some state colleges did great things, but student debt blew up, for-profit scams proliferated, the Ivies barely grew, and we built ... what did we build?
https://twitter.com/Ostaley/status/1457731864127578115?s=20
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