Researchers Find that Top Colleges Discriminate Against Low Income Students Even When They’re Just as Smart as Rich Ones
“If you need more evidence that the world is stacked up against regular folks, a team of Harvard University economists have found that elite colleges discriminate against students from middle and lower income brackets, while preferring applicants from the upper crust of society — even when academic qualifications are equal. This study comes as the US Department of Education has just kickstarted an investigation into Harvard’s increasingly controversial legacy admissions, opening a new front in the complex battle over access to higher education.”