W.House's Summers: Still inequality in US higher education

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Source: reuters

President Barack Obama's top economic adviser said on Sunday that the United States is a "long way from the point" where merit trumps background in higher education, adding that scholarship assistance is crucial to leveling the playing field.

Lawrence Summers, director of Obama's National Economic Council said that less than 10 percent of students in leading colleges and universities come from families in the lower half of the income distribution.

For this reason, "increases in assistance for scholarships are one of the most important parts of President Obama's budget," Summers told a Yeshiva University event in New York.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1321575920091214

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1. meanwhile his filthy rich friends get bailouts while working people go homeless nt

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2. while the smart and brightest kids get spoil

when they are denied access to higher education

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3. This guy is a Criminal Racketeer

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4. He might be telling the truth about the less than 10% low income students

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5. And Larry is a great example of that problem.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=501795

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6. This from the guy who used to run Harvard?

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