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Study advocates for poverty preference admissions at selective institutions
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
enrollment management report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-6263
pISSN - 1094-3757
DOI - 10.1002/emt.30164
Subject(s) - preference , poverty , citation , political science , low income , demographic economics , library science , psychology , economics , computer science , law , microeconomics
Low‐income students, even those who perform very highly academically in high school, account for only 3 percent of enrolled students at the 200 most selective institutions nationwide. A new report released by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation suggests that based on these findings, top colleges should create admissions preferences for low‐income students.
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