3.  History of the downsizing of public education  Pro-business movement  Proposition 13  The institutionalization of the individualized model of education  Rhetoric of the U.S. Department of Education  Aptitude testing  Social capital  Resources, outreach programs  Dismantling individualized model

4.  Activism  Redefining success  Countering privatization

5.  Retention Centers and student organizations create social capital within institutions of higher education which poses a threat to the neoliberal agenda because it creates a space for organizing, redefining success, and producing a counter action to the privatization of public services.