In his article, "Live and Learn", Louis Menand identifies that the current high educational system has become to large and to accessible to sustain the quality of learning. In his article, Menand states that in the 1950 's there were 1.14 Million students in public college or universities. In sixty years that number has rises close to fifteen million. Menand points out that with 6% of Americas population in college or graduate school, people are starting to believe that the once renounced American Education does not hold its value it once had. With virtually everyone having the opportunity to go to college, schools now have to teach a larger audience to the same standard. In the article Menand quotes Arum and Roksa from their book, "Academically
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Higher education was in time only limited to people in high society. According to Menand after WWII the population boom increased the number of diversification in colleges. G.I.s coming from the war, as well as newly allowed non-whites and women now allowed to be accepted into the system. These newly formed group of individuals now went to college to make their life 's better. Never given the opportunity to learn, now they have the chance. Though many of them are not prepared to be able to be successful. In Louis Menand 's article, Menand mentions Professor X. Professor X being a teacher of a community college stated that the people who attended his class were not always at the level they need to be. Many of them are wasting their money because they just aren 't able to pass college level education. Colleges limiting the amount of quantity of students they allow to attend their colleges to only a certain would dramatically raise the level and prestige of being in college. Though the downside to this issue is raising the level limits the possibility of others from their higher education. That is why society needs to change the way it thinks about education. The idea that you don 't have to go to college but can go into a vocational career. Take the lead from other countries to start at an earlier age to determine those right for higher education or a
Higher education was in time only limited to people in high society. According to Menand after WWII the population boom increased the number of diversification in colleges. G.I.s coming from the war, as well as newly allowed non-whites and women now allowed to be accepted into the system. These newly formed group of individuals now went to college to make their life 's better. Never given the opportunity to learn, now they have the chance. Though many of them are not prepared to be able to be successful. In Louis Menand 's article, Menand mentions Professor X. Professor X being a teacher of a community college stated that the people who attended his class were not always at the level they need to be. Many of them are wasting their money because they just aren 't able to pass college level education. Colleges limiting the amount of quantity of students they allow to attend their colleges to only a certain would dramatically raise the level and prestige of being in college. Though the downside to this issue is raising the level limits the possibility of others from their higher education. That is why society needs to change the way it thinks about education. The idea that you don 't have to go to college but can go into a vocational career. Take the lead from other countries to start at an earlier age to determine those right for higher education or a