January 18, 2002

Report on College Access Angers Private Institutions

By STEPHEN BURD

A new report that compares colleges by how accessible they are to needy students is drawing the ire of private-college leaders and lobbyists.

The report, released last week by the Lumina Foundation for Education, ranks more than 2,800 colleges by how selective and affordable they are for average-performing students from low-income families. The report concludes that almost all private colleges, and most four-year public institutions, are either too selective or too costly for these

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