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Posted inJill Barshay

PROOF POINTS: Why elite colleges won’t give up legacy admissions

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay October 25, 2022October 25, 2022

Elite colleges and universities say they want to diversify their student bodies, and yet they continue to favor white students with certain credentials and fail to keep up with the changing demographics in our country. Despite affirmative action, Black and Hispanic students were more underrepresented at top colleges in 2015 than they were in 1980, […]

Posted inNews

OPINION: “They said I only got in because I ‘checked the black box’ ”

by Melissa Connelly April 4, 2019April 8, 2021
Posted inGuidance Gap, News, Student Voices

STUDENT VOICE: ‘College was just another foreign word. Then it became a dream for every student in my school’

Avatar photo by Karoline Jimenez February 25, 2019March 31, 2021
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