![]() The lesson: Turning a blind eye to how money puts full fists on the scale permits affirmative action for the rich to run amok. invites us all to a conversation about preferences in college admissions, but puts the privilege-hoarding pathways for the elite front and center. ![]() Despite these critiques, Who Gets In and Why speak sto the current political moment, particularly when we consider the other, perennial debate in college admissions: affirmative action. Their heeding of Selingo’s prescient advice for the privileged could further deepen racial and socioeconomic stratification in higher education, to the detriment of the disadvantaged. Latinos are entering college at unprecedented rates, and elite colleges serve as mobility springboards for first-generation college students. The very economists he cites offer 'notable exceptions.' For Black, Latino and first-generation college students, the effects of attending a selective college 'remain large.' In fact, these groups aren’t even exceptions they are growing in demographic representation in higher education. Selingo is wrong, however, to claim that this point applies to everyone. For children from more privileged families, Selingo is right: From the odds of graduating to earnings in adulthood, college selectivity does not matter much. Who Gets In And Why offers a level-headed decoding of selective college admissions, unmasking the myths at the same time it reveals the realities of a system that may be dramatically. ![]() ![]() ![]() outlines the role that legacy and athletic preferences play in admissions, and forces us to grapple with whether their dominance is truly fair. ![]()
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