At the most competitive colleges, the percentage of college students that come from the lower 50 percent of families by income is only 14%. See this recent NYTimes article, Efforts to Recruit Poor Students Lag at some Elite Colleges, on the challenges for both poor families and for the colleges.
Access to college remains a challenge for the poor
July 31, 2013
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