Elite universities chiefly educate the children of the wealthy and upper middle class; institutions that educate working-class kids are starved of resources by comparison.
But whether or not he admits it, the art of Islam and other Middle Eastern institutions also have a colonialist history and cultural chauvinism attached to them.
We need to restore the role of civil society and middle class institutions as counter-balances to investor and business interests.
Those colleges might profit from expanding the ratio of online learning to classroom teaching, lowering their costs while still offering the prize of a college education conducted partly on campus.The most vulnerable, according to Jim Lerman of Kean University in New Jersey, are the "middle-tier institutions, which produce America's teachers, middle managers and administrators".
The most competitive colleges remain unaffected, but gaining admission to middle-tier institutions will most likely get easier.
This is likely to squeeze middle-ranking institutions that charge high fees as they will be unable to attract the best-performing applicants and also lose places overall.
Mr. Levy said differences were bound to arise within an agency like Burnett, founded in 1906 and a middle American institution with a strong culture.
But, one by one, the city's upper-middle-class institutions are tumbling.Since 2007 five fee-paying schools in Merseyside have converted to state-funded academies, or announced their intention to do so including the prestigious Liverpool College.
In a recent research note, Barclays Capital forecasts that 10 of America's 25 leading banks will reveal a first-quarter loss as middle-ranking institutions without a Wall Street presence continue to struggle.
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells March 2, 2018 The focus of the West Virginia teachers' strike has oscillated between teachers deserving better compensation and a more general anxiety about the strength of the state's middle-class institutions.
