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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Brookings Institution today published a report advocating that colleges and universities, especially the elite universities, would do more to promote upward mobility in American society if they admitted more "bright, motivated students" from among the lower socio-economic classes than by admitting marginal students who are coming from the higher socio - economic classes.

I agree.  More should be done to make America a true meritocracy, where the best and the brightest get into the best schools regardless of their ability to pay.  What would we need to do as a society to make this happen?

You can read the report here.  [url]http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/11/glass-floor-downward-mobility-equality-opportunity-hoarding-reeves-howard?utm_campaign=brookings-comm&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=10890731&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_EAZm_4dY9WByT5NuDOWmHsYKVA4xjGMx-1Ahq4F9buhTdyA7exWVvU7l94OwSJhkEYcZPmgrA9jCmBpqDnjhynhzvRqVnnCsbpHpy23ifzd6oBI0&_hsmi=10890731[/url]heartily agree.  If they're talking about taking significantly less qualified kids simply because they want to provide social mobility I wouldn't support that.

If they're truly talking about poor kids who are more objectively smart and capable then I whole heartily[/quote]

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