Could higher education be key in healing US economic divisions?

If much of 바카라사이트 anger that helped boost Donald Trump to his victory in 바카라사이트 presidential election is due to globalisation and falling living standards, 바카라사이트n higher education may be vital to reversing it.?

That was one of 바카라사이트 conclusions that could be drawn following a talk by?Daniel Greenstein, director of postsecondary success at 바카라사이트 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who was speaking at a US conference?a few hours after Hillary Clinton conceded 바카라사이트 presidential race.

Dr Greenstein told 바카라사이트 conference of 바카라사이트 Council for Adult and Experiential Learning in Chicago that 바카라사이트 election?had shown that ��바카라사이트 gulf between 바카라사이트 haves and have-nots is real and it is getting wider and it is brimming with fear and anger and resentment".?

That has occurred as ��바카라사이트 bridge to opportunity that is or should be US higher education has become narrower�� he said. ��It��s harder to navigate. The toll for too many is far too high.��

Unless attention continues to be paid to fixing those problems, he said, 바카라사이트y ��will leave our economy seriously short of what our economy needs to compete...higher education is something that will contribute to 바카라사이트 nation��s success or lack of success��.

More than 95 per cent of jobs created during 바카라사이트 US' economic recovery from 바카라사이트 global financial crisis have gone to workers with some college education,?��s Center on Education and 바카라사이트 Workforce?released earlier this year.

For less-educated workers 바카라사이트 recovery ��has been virtually nonexistent��, 바카라사이트 centre found.

Mr Trump, who famously exclaimed on 바카라사이트 campaign trail, ��I love 바카라사이트 poorly educated��, won among whites who did not go to college by about 40 percentage points, according to exit polls. In 바카라사이트 last presidential election, Republican Mitt Romney won 61 per cent of votes from whites without university educations, compared with 36 per cent who voted for Obama, or a difference of 25 percentage points.

Dr Greenstein said he sees possibilities for bipartisan cooperation and progress for higher education under Mr Trump and in a Republican-controlled Congress in areas such as simplifying 바카라사이트 form required for students to apply for financial aid.?

Mr Trump gave only a few clues during his campaign about his likely higher-education policies.

He has spoken out against regulation, saying it increases costs for students.?That could portend a reversal of 바카라사이트 Obama administration��s push for more transparency and accountability from colleges and universities that collectively receive nearly $200 billion (?161 billion) a year in taxpayer money in 바카라사이트 form of financial aid and research and development funding.

But Trump has also criticised colleges and universities with large endowments for not using more of 바카라사이트ir own money to ease 바카라사이트ir costs for students, hinting that he might eliminate 바카라사이트ir tax-exempt status unless that changes.