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April 6, 2021
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Stanford University’s faculty members may have convinced themselves that they struck a blow for egalitarianism when they voted for a policy meant to de-emphasize wealth in admitting undergraduates. But those professors should hold off on breaking out the champagne.
At a school like Stanford, wealth is not an explicit admissions criterion imagine the outcry if it were but the wealth of an applicant’s family makes a world of difference.
This isn’t news. A 2017 study showed that at 38 colleges, including five in the Ivy League, more students come from the top 1 percent of the income scale than from the bottom 60 percent. These hyperrich youths are a jaw-dropping 77 times as likely to attend an Ivy League college as those whose parents’ income is in the bottom 20 percent. ....

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