Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Are college admissions only for privileged students?
Now’s the time high school seniors are finding out which colleges have accepted -- or rejected -- them.
Now’s the time high school seniors are finding out which colleges have accepted -- or rejected -- them. Despite efforts to make colleges more economically diverse, lower-income students with great grades and high SAT scores are still being shut out of top schools. The gap between the number of rich and poor college grads continues to grow. We hear some suggestions for change.
The full episode
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- 9:29The comeback of Volkswagen
- 23:14Are college admissions only for privileged students?You’re reading this
- 32:21Justice Department might join an affirmative action lawsuit against Harvard
- 41:54Are signatures obsolete?