Observations are supported by Pew Research findings in the USA that #Conservatives are more concerned with having a labour pool of sheeple that they can manipulate than an educated society that can think ...

#FordRegressiveConservatives are cut from the same cloth.

Article Excerpt:
"... Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say students not getting the skills they need to succeed in the workplace is a major reason why the higher education system is headed in the wrong direction (73% vs. 56%)."

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2019/08/19/the-growing-partisan-divide-in-views-of-higher-education-2/

#highereducation #NeverVoteConservative #osapcuts #onpoli

The Growing Partisan Divide in Views of Higher Education

Americans see value in higher education whether they graduated from college or not. Even so, there is an undercurrent of dissatisfaction – even suspicion – among the public about the role colleges play in society.

Pew Research Center
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/osap-cuts-high-school-students-9.7127738?cmp=rss
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https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7124458?cmp=rss
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/livestory/osap-protests-in-sw-ontario-9.7124090?cmp=rss
High school students walk out of classes to protest Ontario’s OSAP cuts
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/livestory/osap-protests-in-sw-ontario-9.7124090?cmp=rss
High school students walk out of classes to protest Ontario’s OSAP cuts
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/livestory/osap-protests-in-sw-ontario-9.7124090?cmp=rss
High school students walk out of classes to protest Ontario’s OSAP cuts
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/livestory/osap-protests-in-sw-ontario-9.7124090?cmp=rss
High school students walk out of classes to protest Ontario’s OSAP cuts
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/livestory/osap-protests-in-sw-ontario-9.7124090?cmp=rss
High school students walk out of classes to protest Ontario’s OSAP cuts
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/livestory/osap-protests-in-sw-ontario-9.7124090?cmp=rss
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https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7117580?cmp=rss