In this CNBC article, Yoni Blumberg and Emmie Martin write about legacy admission and the inequities that it creates. Blumberg and Martin cite the CEW report “The 20% Solution” to show how elite schools can admit more lower-income students.
In this MarketWatch article, Jillian Berman discusses Brown University’s recently announced no-loan policy for students receiving financial aid. Berman highlights the challenges of the new financial aid packages and cites The 20% Solution: Selective Colleges Can Afford to Admit More Pell Grant Recipients, a report by the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce.
