They see education as a tool for developing socially understanding minds and more importantly, interacting with oneself and coming to rigid, well-supported conclusions. These well-supported conclusions can be political and define the United States’ course of defining history. Delbanco and Edmundson hold the common belief that everyone should have an equal access to higher education, which is currently, for the most part, limited to the affluent. In his work, Andrew Delbanco provides shocking statistics that question the educational equality preached by the U.S. Government: “If you are the child of a family making more than $90,000 per year, your odds of getting a BA by age 24 are roughly 1 in 2; if your parents make less than $35,000, your odds are 1 in 17.” The largest barrier to education, according to these two authors, is financial.…