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  • College Admissions is a Regressive Tax on Low-Income Students

    College Admissions is a Regressive Tax on Low-Income Students

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    Federal prosecutors charged dozens of wealthy parents with bribing school officials to guarantee entry for their children into some of America’s most elite colleges and universities. As infuriating as these headlines may be, they are simply. Admissions in our institutions is, in effect, a regressive tax on low-income pupils. It filters the poor through a maze of…