The erosion of higher education’s role as a pathway to empowerment

This essay approaches the transformation of higher education in American life from a path to empowerment and social mobility to a system that often silences student voices, encourages financial exploitation, and loses integrity due to corporate involvement. It draws on Adam Conover's "America HATES College Students" to build up the argument that increasing tuition, censorship of student protests, and curricula set within a framework of elite interests serve to undermine critical thinking and democratic engagement. Essays like this critically scrutinize systemic problems within educational institutions; as such, they serve to raise awareness of socio-economic and political forces that could influence the manner in which students resist authority in society. This essay is appropriate for students who are doing policy discussions, education reforms, and the promotion of accessible independent education.

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