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New tools help smart low-income kids realize great college opportunities, Stanford researcher says

April 2, 2013 /

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"If a child has managed, despite coming from a low-income family, to become extremely well prepared for college, it is a huge waste if she fails to get a great college education simply because she doesn’t know that she could."

A new study finds that when low-income, high-achieving students get targeted information about their full range of college-going opportunities, they apply to selective colleges in larger numbers, attend and graduate.

Full Story: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/march/college-opportunities-study-032913.html

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