Yesterday under the headline “Higher Education Gap May Slow Economic Mobility“The New York Times covered a new Brookings Institution study warning that “widening gaps in higher education between rich and poor, whites and minorities, could soon lead to a downturn in opportunities for the poorest families.” A better headline would have been “Values Gap Behind Possible Decline In Economic Mobility.” The times notes that “the study highlights the powerful role that college can have in helping people change their station in life. Someone born into a family in the lowest …
