From IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH by Paul Krugman in today's NY TIMES - remarks directed mainly towards private colleges vs. the continual underfunding of state-run colleges...
"One of our two major political parties has taken a hard right turn against education, or at least against education hard working Americans can afford. And this comes at a time when American education is already in deep trouble.
And if underfunding public education leaves many children of the less affluent shut out from upward mobility, well, did you really believe that stuff about creating equality of opportunity?
So whenever you hear Republicans say that they are the party of traditional values, bear in mind they have actually made a radical break with America's tradition of valuing education. And they have made this break because they believe what you don't know won't hurt them".