Friday, November 21, 2003
It's not all black and white
Sometimes, it's poor versus not poor. Notes Academygirl from a report in Newsweek that a top student from a poor rural family is having great trouble getting into school. Is it poverty, or ruralness?
Many schools say diversity—racial, economic and geographic—is key to maintaining intellectually vital campuses. But Richard Kahlenberg of the Century Foundation says that even though colleges claim they want poor kids, “they don’t try very hard to find them.” As for rural students like Spangenburger, many colleges don’t try at all. “Unfortunately, we go where we can generate a sizable number of potential applicants,” says Tulane admissions chief Richard Whiteside, who recruits aggressively—and in person—from metropolitan areas. Kids in rural areas get a glossy brochure in the mail.
"...just another partisan hack who doesn't give a damn..." -- 
