Explain what McClenney is referring to, and then explain how the inequality McClenney is observing in higher education is related to inequalities
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Before doing anything else, read the technical instructions for this project. In writing each of your two short compositions, you are limited to using the following course materials: Chapter 12 (sections 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, and 12.4 only), the in-class lectures through August 6, and the 2006 documentary Declining by Degrees. The two compositions will be no longer than 600 words each. Important Note: You may not use the example of intercollegiate athletics in any of your responses. [In other words, you may not use anything from the film between the 1:38:53 mark and the 1:48:35 mark (1:38:53 is where you see Andre Iguodala playing basketball for the University of Arizona, and 1:48:35 is where the film returns to the story of Ceylon Hollis at Franklin Precision Industries).] What to Write: Use specific examples from Declining by Degrees to explain how college students socialized in the United States may have learned to define the value of their education in terms of the measurable outcomes of student learning. Then use additional examples to explain the paradox in which the measurable outcomes of student learning may lead college students to make individually rational choices (choices that seem to represent their best interests as individuals), yet those individually rational choices may collectively lead to socially negative outcomes (outcomes that are negative for society as a whole). In Declining by Degrees, Kay McClenney says this: “With our financial aid today, we’re helping the people that God already helped.” Explain what McClenney is referring to, and then explain how the inequality McClenney is observing in higher education is related to inequalities (described in Chapter 12) that occur before higher education takes place. To do so, choose one student from Declining by Degrees and cite specific examples from that student’s case in order to illustrate your analysis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1629&v=BcxDVYo2wH8
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