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Tatishe Nteta quoted in the Chronicle for Higher Education about the role of College Degree in voting

Tatishe Nteta, Politcal Science quoted in the Chronicle for Higher Education about the role of College Degree in voting. He says that in the social sciences, a college degree is more than just a piece of paper. It’s an indicator of a set of networks and worldviews provided by the campus and classroom experience. It’s an indicator of a set of networks and worldviews provided by the campus and classroom experience. “People who have a college degree tend to be friends with, tend to work with, tend to live in neighborhoods with individuals who also have college degrees,” Nteta said. College students meet peers from all sorts of racial and ethnic backgrounds, he said, and often learn about the histories of sexism and racism in their general-education classes. (The Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/05/2018)

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