right to (higher) education

As the Guardian reports the likelihood of children from economically marginalized backgrounds are dramatically less likely to have access to higher education in the United States. According to the cited report college tuiton has risen 439% since 1982, while median family incomes rose by 127% during that time span. 

The economic down turn is not going to assist efforts to stem against this development. Chances that the next two generations will see the likes of president-elect Barack Obama receive the kind of higher education he was able to enjoy based on scholarships are less than slim.