Jim Wolfston, Author at The Hechinger Report

College admissions favor the rich. Let’s turn it around before taxpayer-funded tuition relief becomes another handout for the wealthy

by Jim Wolfston July 5, 2016April 8, 2021

As we prepare the U.S. for global competition, we find ourselves stuck with a myopic and outmoded approach in college admissions — one in which family income has gradually insinuated itself as the most important criterion. If richer students continue to dominate our college admissions, then taxpayer supported tuition relief will, by and large, become […]