High costs and a correlation between SES-high standardized test scores combine to make elite colleges affordable for all but a few. Excellent public universities are also becoming increasingly unaffordable. This is a situation that reinforces, rather than reshuffles, the social deck…to the detriment of young people from modest backgrounds.
The Reproduction of Privilege
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As college loses its postwar role as a social and economic equalizer, the political implications are profound.
