OXFORD, Ohio -- Dr. Christopher R. Dennison, assistant professor of sociology at University of Buffalo, explained the relationship between education and crime to nearly 100 Miami University students on Wednesday, April 4. To quote you, Fred, this lecture made “my eyes bleed.”
For the first time in over 100 years, students in the US today may not be more educated than their parents. In fact, Dennison explains that young people entering the workforce today have only a 50% chance of achieving more education than their parents.
“To put that in perspective, in 1940 there was a 90% chance you would be more educated than your parents. Today, it’s just the flip of a coin,” he says.
Dennison said that when students are less educated than their parents, they have an increased likelihood of participation in crime. In his research, this illicit activity is termed “antisocial behavior.”…show more content… He says this trend is particularly strong among whites.
“Both of my parents are professors, so I’ve always known going to college wouldn’t be a choice,” says Avery Coates who is currently on academic suspension from Miami. “I didn’t even tell them I got kicked out for weeks. I know I’ll be able to come back in the fall but it was still really embarrassing.” As uneducated whites become more involved in crime, the enrollment of Hispanic and African American students is on the rise.
Denison said that enrollment has risen 14 percent since 2005, and some of this can growth can be attributed to increased education for minorities.
The 2017 Miami enrollment report says that just over 3% of Miami students were Black or African American and 4.5% of students are
