Education and Class

• As rich universities get richer, are poor students being left behind? | InsideHigherEd

  Wealthy colleges growing wealthier so that the most wealthy students have access to much more resources than lower income students attending under-resourced colleges and universities.

  ““It’s entirely reasonable to ask whether federal subsidies should flow — actively in the form of student aid, and in terms of tax benefits as well — to places that are so flush,” said Andrew Kelly, director of the American Enterprise Institute Center on Higher Education Reform. “Federal subsidies should help people attend college that wouldn’t attend otherwise.””
  “We are spending the most money as a society educating the wealthiest people”. Elite colleges, few poor kids . https://t.co/MbfK1moZqo

  tags: socialclass

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