The $6 Solution.
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| Title: | The $6 Solution. |
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| Authors: | SUPIANO, BECKIE |
| Source: | Chronicle of Higher Education. 6/20/2014, Vol. 60 Issue 39, pA20-A24. 5p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Low-income college students, *Higher education research, *University rankings, *Socioeconomically disadvantaged students |
| Geographic Terms: | United States |
| People: | Hoxby, Caroline Minter, 1966-, Avery, Christopher, Bastedo, Michael |
| Abstract: | The article discusses the admission of low-income students to elite U.S. colleges and universities. Topics include the impact of socioeconomic inequality on higher education in the U.S.; the phenomenon of undermatching, which involves low-income students attending less elite institutions than their abilities could have allowed; and problems with ranking colleges and universities. Research by scholars including Caroline M. Hoxby, Christopher Avery, and Michael Bastedo is noted. |
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| Abstract: | The article discusses the admission of low-income students to elite U.S. colleges and universities. Topics include the impact of socioeconomic inequality on higher education in the U.S.; the phenomenon of undermatching, which involves low-income students attending less elite institutions than their abilities could have allowed; and problems with ranking colleges and universities. Research by scholars including Caroline M. Hoxby, Christopher Avery, and Michael Bastedo is noted. |
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| ISSN: | 00095982 |
