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When We Pretended that Testing was Equity
Too much of this article 0n changes being observed in college students is anecdotal, but the story does refocus attention
Jane Van Galen
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What Does College Actually Cost?
I'm weary of how often I read about poor and working-class students not having the information about college
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When $1250/Hour Tutoring Is Masked as "Merit"
On the one hand, admissions policies that consider race have been deemed anti-meritocratic. On the other hand, wealthy parents hellbent
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Tracking Economic Mobility: An Interactive Map
Harvard's Opportunity Insights team and the Census Bureau have collaborated on a powerful Opportunity Atlas that analyzes – at
Engines of Mobility, Struggling for Funding
I wrote last week about the very unequal resources available to students enrolled in colleges with highly competitive admissions and
Book Review: Rising Class
In Rising Class: How Three First Generation College Students Conquered Their First Year, Jennifer Miller writes of Briani (a Latina
Rural Students and Declining Opportunity
Rural students enrolled at regional public universities are facing declining opportunities as their underfunded colleges slash majors. While many colleges
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Incremental Gains in Campus Diversity: A New Report
Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce has released a new report, Progress Interrupted: Evaluating a Decade
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Organizing for Equity
The group Class Action has been doing great work around ending legacy admissions at elite campuses. There's much
Stanford, On Classism
In my ongoing quest to find discourse about class and classism on campus, I just came across Stanford's
"Confessing" Class on Campus
Last week, I wrote about how rarely colleges and universities name the classism that low-income and working-class students experience on
"Don't Be a Snob"
We know that many low-income/ working class students work to conceal their backgrounds on campus to avoid judgment and stigma.