Wednesday, April 21, 2004

Posted here Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at 9:12:22 PM     And, put this together with the previous two posts. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/22/education/22COLL.html?hp Over all, at the 42 most selective state universities, including the flagship campuses in California, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan and New York, 40 percent of this year's freshmen come from families making more than $100,000, up from about 32 percent in 1999, according to the Higher Education Research Institute. Nationwide, fewer than 20 percent of families make that much money. At Harvard, for instance, financial-aid forms suggest that the median family income is about $150,000. The increasing wealth on the nation's most prestigious campuses has gone largely unnoticed until recently ********