[solson]

I'd argue that the big money in education is contributing to financial inequality as much as any CEO or attorney.

[theoh]

Tuition in America is crazy, which is bad for social mobility, I agree, but professors and scientists are less than 2% of the top One Percent. They are completely swamped in numerical terms by the non-geeky categories of executives, medical, finance and law: http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2011/12/28/who-actua...