Heterodox
I suppose there are a few themes to draw from this. First, catch-up in education levels by the rest of the world is broadly a good thing, because it's a good thing for a range of reasons from economic to self-determination when more humans have a higher level of education. Second, 1950 was a unique time, and it's implausible that the US would have maintained its status of dramatically higher education levels indefinitely. Third, with those previous points acknowledged, the US has not...
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