What makes a "good college" — and why it matters | Cecilia M. Orphan

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🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Why are "good colleges" often the ones that accept the fewest students? Exposing the harmful consequences of society's obsession with highly rejective (and expensive) universities, educator Cecilia M. Orphan asks us to rethink what makes institutions "prestigious" and consider directing funds and attention to where they're needed most: regional public universities that serve all students. A call for schools to be judged by the opportunities they create -- not the ones they stifle.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
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0:04.0	You're listening to Ted Talks Daily, I'm Elise Hugh.
0:10.0	In the US going to College. You're listening to TED Talks Daily, I'm Elise Hugh.
0:13.6	In the US, going to college has gotten more and more out of reach,
0:18.1	as public funding for higher education has dropped precipitously. In her 2022 talk from TEDX Mile High,
0:25.0	researcher Cecilia M Orphan
0:28.0	explains one highly effective way to make a difference in higher education
0:32.0	to change lives and communities.
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0:57.0	Because I'm a college professor, I'm going to start with a pop quiz.
1:03.0	I want you to think of the best college in the country,
1:09.0	one that you would absolutely love to get into,
1:12.0	one that would change your life completely.
1:17.0	Okay, do you have it?
1:19.8	I'm guessing if I went to the audience right now and asked a hundred different people,
1:25.2	which college they chose, I'd hear the same names over and over and over again.
1:32.4	And that's because we have a huge problem in higher education.
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