New Orleans I hope people don’t hurt themselves with all the hand-wringing they are doing as they suddenly act as if they are shocked that the myth of American being a meritocracy is, you know, just a total scam bearing no semblance to reality. Pundits, parents, and of course some students that had bought into …
Tag: low income students
Calculating Student Loans is Plain as Mud on Department of Education Site
New Orleans There was an interesting article in the paper today touting the calculator on the United States Department of Education (DOE) website. They claimed that it would be helpful in figuring out the real costs of education at various institutions. Sometimes they said, some universities might seem to expense to lower income students evaluating …
Lack of Outreach is Dooming College Income Based Diversity Initiatives
New Orleans I told you so. I hate to say this, but just for the record, we’ll get this out of the way. A couple of years ago when Harvard, followed by a small group of other high profile private colleges, announced an income blind admission policy and offered a free education to students coming …