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In his analysis of student attitudes at Bennington College, Theodore Newcomb found that students who started out with conservative tendencies became even more conservative by their senior year.
 
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What is the conflict theory view of education?
 
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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

Conflict theorists view education in modern societies as serving to justify and maintain the status quo. They see the benefits of education as unequally distributed, with a tendency to reproduce the existing social stratification system.



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