Politico has a really interesting piece today about the increasingly wealthy University of Michigan student body, what that means in practical terms when it comes to economics and politics in the state, and what University leaders are doing to reverse the trend, and increase economic diversity on campus. And, interestingly, they’ve decided to tell the […]
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The University of Michigan, with an increasingly wealthy student body, sets out to return the “common man” and increase economic diversity
Posted in Ann Arbor, Education, Photographs, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1%, American aristocracy, Ben Edmondson, Detroit, dismantling of public education, economic segregation, Go Blue Guarantee, HAIL: High Achieving Involved Leader, higher education, inheritance tax, inherited wealth, James Angell, Politico, public education, ruin porn, Southfield, student debt, Tap Room, threats to public education, threats to the middle class, tuition, University of Michigan, wealth inequality, Wolverine Pathways, Ypsi High, Ypsilanti International Elementary School 33 Comments
Why’s the internet turning on Jake Croman?
I’m fascinated by the evolution of frontier justice in the digital age. Whenever there’s a story of someone being turned on by the internet, I’m completely captivated. Regardless of whether or not it’s deserved, I just can’t turn away. It’s one thing to watch a story spread like Janet Jackson’s nipple across the internet, but […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Mark's Life, Other, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 209 Pearl, accusations of racism, anti-Semitic, Artur Zawada, Bernie Sanders, Bob Dylan, class, class resentment, class warfare, economic development, entitled cunts, faggots, frat boys, gentrification, Hillary Clinton, Jean Henry, minimum wage, New York, Tau Kappa Epsilon, threats to the middle class, Uber, University of Michigan, wealth inequality 192 Comments