NY Times: The New College Try (Karabel)

Parents Forum
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<p>As to Mr. Karabel’s policy suggestion, I would like to give Harvard, Princeton, and the U of Virginia a few years to show what they can do by way of affirmative action for the disadvantaged now that all three universities have eliminated their early round admission programs. Those universities will be recruiting students heavily in low-income areas in November while “peer” institutions process early round admission files. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/uvavisit.html[/url]”>http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/uvavisit.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/admission/visitprinceton/on_the_road/[/url]”>http://www.princeton.edu/admission/visitprinceton/on_the_road/&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>The joint travel program of those three universities is part of a broader effort by the admission offices of all three of them to encourage applications by low-income, disadvantaged students. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=519210[/url]”>http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=519210&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p><a href=“Businessweek - Bloomberg”>Businessweek - Bloomberg; </p>

<p>This responds, based on research, to a call for more efforts of this kind. </p>

<p><a href=“Businessweek - Bloomberg”>Businessweek - Bloomberg;