Selective universities regularly employ policies that favor children of alumni (known as legacies') in undergraduate … policies that favor legacies have disproportionately benefited white students. For this reason, legacy policies lead to … additional costs in terms of reductions in racial diversity. As larger numbers of minority students graduate from colleges and …

Selective universities regularly employ policies that favor children of alumni (known as legacies') in undergraduate … policies that favor legacies have disproportionately benefited white students. For this reason, legacy policies lead to … additional costs in terms of reductions in racial diversity. As larger numbers of minority students graduate from colleges and …

institutional data on college enrollment and program completion, we find that enrollment falls markedly among students at public two …-year institutions in response to increases in the minimum wage. The largest enrollment effects are seen for those students who are … of students who are unlikely to have been diverted from degree attainment …

widespread rhetoric about the democratization' of higher education that came with this large pool of students, there is little …