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PERSPECTIVES: Ban Legacy Admissions at Elite Colleges, and Do More While You’re At It

"Congress should pass an endowment tax on high wealth/low access colleges with low Pell Grant student enrollment rates."

by Future U/ August 29, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

In the aggregate, the sticker price is at least $70k per annum to attend an elite college. But does it …

by Future U/ April 7, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

“The divide between rich and poor students could hardly be more vivid than it is at U.S.C., where the children …

by Future U/ April 3, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Touted as philanthropy targeted to assist the underprivileged, instead, the Key Worldwide Foundation enabled the wealthy. Read more from CNN.

by Future U/ March 15, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Richard V. Reeves: “Elite colleges are serving to reinforce class inequality, rather than reduce it. The opaque, complex, unfair admissions …

by Future U/ March 13, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Read Laura Pappano’s review from The Washington Post.

by Future U/ March 2, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

The New York Times answers affirmatively. Read why.

by Future U/ June 6, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/