Public Universities Attracting Affluent Kids, Neglecting Poor Ones
Filed in archive College Admissions by Mark on December 21, 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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