TIME, January 12, 2016: Should Low-Income Students Get More Preference in College Admissions?
“Students from families in the bottom socioeconomic quartile make up just 3% of the student body at the nation’s most selective colleges, according to the reportfrom the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Their peers in the top income quartile, on the other hand, account for 72% of the student body at about 100 colleges that admit less than a third of applicants.”