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Poor kids still lose race despite better scores
- 10-13-2011
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Blog by Jay Mathews/Washington Post
It has become fashionable for our most selective colleges to worry about becoming as representative of American diversity as suburban country clubs. College admissions experts conferring at the University of Southern California this year were so alarmed that they suggested our most prestigious campuses add space for another 100 students in each class and fill those slots with low-income kids. Why are our choosiest colleges so dominated by affluent white or Asian students? The explanations are many: not enough financial aid, inadequate preparation in inner-city high schools, poor students’ discomfort mixing with rich kids. But a new study by researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Arizona suggests something different. (more...)
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