TY - JOUR
T1 - Socioeconomic diversity in selective private colleges
T2 - An organizational analysis
AU - Hearn, James C.
AU - Rosinger, Kelly Ochs
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Relatively few students in selective colleges come from disadvantaged backgrounds, so the rewards of attending such schools go mainly to those already advantaged from birth. There is substantial variation in those collegesș socioeconomic composition, however. Some selective private institutions proportionately enroll five times as many lower-SES students as others. What drives this variation? Longitudinal analyses presented here suggest that, all other factors being equal, private institutions that are historically embedded in elite status maintain less socioeconomic diversity. Conversely, generous financial-aid efforts and test-optional admissions policies appear to contribute to institutions achieving greater SES diversity. The findings suggest several research and policy implications.
AB - Relatively few students in selective colleges come from disadvantaged backgrounds, so the rewards of attending such schools go mainly to those already advantaged from birth. There is substantial variation in those collegesș socioeconomic composition, however. Some selective private institutions proportionately enroll five times as many lower-SES students as others. What drives this variation? Longitudinal analyses presented here suggest that, all other factors being equal, private institutions that are historically embedded in elite status maintain less socioeconomic diversity. Conversely, generous financial-aid efforts and test-optional admissions policies appear to contribute to institutions achieving greater SES diversity. The findings suggest several research and policy implications.
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U2 - 10.1353/rhe.2014.0043
DO - 10.1353/rhe.2014.0043
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84907017481
SN - 0162-5748
VL - 38
SP - 71
EP - 104
JO - Review of Higher Education
JF - Review of Higher Education
IS - 1
ER -