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MLive, January 26, 2016: Low-income students soar at some colleges, struggle at others

"College is supposed to be a ticket to the middle class. And for some like Edmondson, it is. But the odds of a low-income college student getting a degree, earning a good living, making as much as their classmates who grew up in wealthier families and emerging with manageable student debt, depends to a disturbing degree on which campus they set foot on."