Middle Class Heavily Underrepresented at Top Colleges

Middle Class Heavily Underrepresented at Top Colleges
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Students with similar test scores but different household incomes attend selective colleges at different rates, according to the latest report from Opportunity Insights, a group that has published groundbreaking research on how colleges may affect students' income mobility. 

But the results contained some surprises. For example, middle-class students attend elite institutions at rates lower than students from the lowest income quintile.

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