GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum recently argued with President Obama’s desire for every U.S. student to obtain the opportunity to go to college. “What a snob,” he said. “There are good, decent men and women who go out and work hard every day, and put their skills to test, who aren’t taught by some liberal college professor (who) tries to indoctrinate them. I understand why he wants you to go to college. He wants to remake you in his image.” These comments are not only problematic on a singular level, but they are also reflective of dangerous ideas about higher education that make it a class issue.

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by Krystie Yandoli and Kayla Yandoli, The Huffington Post.

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