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It is one thing to take as a given that approximately 70 percent of an entering high school freshman class will not attend college, but to assign a particular child to a curriculum designed for that 70 percent closes off for that child the opportunity to attend college.

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James S. Coleman
Age: 68 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 12
Died: 1995
Died: March 25
Sociologist
Lawrence County
Indiana
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