Deseret News, February 7, 2017: Which Utah colleges do the most to lift students out of poverty and into wealth?
“American colleges vary widely in how effectively they move students from poverty into prosperity, a Mobility Report Card released by the Equal Opportunity Project at Stanford University finds.
The report strikes a chord at a time when the American dream of intergenerational mobility is slipping away in the eyes many low- and middle-income American voters. There is widespread consensus that President Donald Trump’s victory in key Midwestern states was driven by blue collar voters despairing at the loss of high-paying manufacturing jobs, fearful of how their children will fare in the emerging economy.”