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Diversity is for show; Harvard study shows Harvard is for rich people [1]

['Jason Weisberger']

Date: 2023-09-14

A July 2023 study from a think tank ironically hosted at Harvard, Opportunity Insights, shows that low-income students have terrible chances of being accepted into Harvard. The commitment of the "Ivy Plus" group of universities covered in this study shows that almost two-thirds of the student population comes from the top 20% of the wealth pool, while only 5% comes from the bottom.

The bias towards wealth seems colorblind, however, as affluent minorities are also far more likely to join the Ivy ranks than poorer people with similar ethnicities—these schools really like money.

Campus Reform:

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