Which of the following statements is true?
a. Families are spending a greater proportion of their income on tuition than in the past.
b. Family income has increased at approximately the same rate as tuition increases.
c. Families in all income groups are
a. Families are spending a greater proportion of their income on tuition than in the past.
According to the article,
a. credit card companies deliberately target struggling college students.
b. two-thirds of college students have at least one credit card.
c. student loans are a somewhat better option for students than a credit card.
d. All of t
d. All of the above.
Pell Grants have increased to cover roughly the same proportion of tuition that they did 20 years ago.
True
False
false
The authors believe that we should treat higher education like any other commodity to be distributed by market forces.
True
False
False
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of East St. Louis?
a. High welfare use
b. Waste and raw sewage on the streets
c. High homicide rates
d. A high proportion of low-income white students
d. A high proportion of low-income white students
This piece demonstrates that teachers in inner-city poor schools do not have the skills to teach poor children.
True
False
False
Along with cutting teachers, East St. Louis has cut its sports and music programs.
True
False
False
The overall opinion voiced by many of the wealthy students in Rye, New York is that
a. schools should be equalized by giving more money to underfunded schools.
b. inner city kids should be integrated into the suburbs through a busing program.
c. giving mo
c. giving money to poor schools will not make much of a difference.
National surveys show that the majority of middle class blacks believe that racial discrimination has
a. decreased.
b. remained the same.
c. increased.
c. increased.
Strategic assimilation" means
a. middle-class blacks continue to identify with the black underclass.
b. middle-class blacks transition back and forth from the black culture to the white world.
c. middle-class blacks aspire to be part of the white, mainst
b. middle-class blacks transition back and forth from the black culture to the white world.
Black Lakeview residents (majority white suburb) are more likely than black Riverton residents (majority black suburb) to attend a black church.
True
False
True
The black residents in the study reported support for having their children intermarry and join a white fraternity or sorority.
True
False
True