Public Universities Attracting Affluent Kids, Neglecting Poor Ones
Posted on December 21st, 2005
(Source: UMass-Amherst)Here's a piece in the boston globe that touches on a troublesome trend: Our nation's flagship state universities, such as UMass-Amherst (featured in the story), are becoming more expensive and enrolling high-achieving students. As a result, they're neglecting the very population they were designed to serve—low-income, first-generation college students who can't afford to attend private schools. Are public universities losing their way?
Read the article and draw your own conclusions.
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