September 15, 2006

Report Blames College Practices for Limiting Access of Minority and Low-Income Students

By SAM KEAN

Federal agencies, state governments, and especially institutions of higher education drive students who are from low-income families or are members of minority groups away from colleges and universities.

That's according to a new study from the Education Trust, a nonprofit research-and-advocacy organization, that analyzed class mobility and racial matriculation rates in academe.

The report faulted colleges for hindering access, especially through practices hidden from the

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