The University of Southern California is sometimes called the University of Spoiled Children. The college admissions cheating scandal hasn’t helped USC shed that reputation. Some of its coaches and students are named in that scandal. But the university has been trying to recruit students from less privileged backgrounds, and that has created a wealth divide on campus, one that mirrors the larger divide in our country right now.
The wealth divide at USC
The Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library, University of Southern California (USC) campus, Los Angeles, California. Credit: Bobak Ha'Eri/CC-By-SA-3.0.
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Guest:
Jennifer Medina - New York Times -
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Host:
Madeleine Brand
Producers:
Sarah Sweeney,
Michell Eloy,
Yael Even Or,
Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir,
Caitlin Plummer,
Rosalie Atkinson,
Adriana Cargill,
Rebecca Mooney,
Amy Ta