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Richard D. Kahlenberg, whose organization, the Progressive Policy Institute, recently issued a report on economic diversity in admissions, said that building economically diverse classes is beneficial to universities, whether or not it also results in increased racial diversity.
“It brings students with different sets of life experiences to campus, increases ideological diversity and opens paths to leadership in America to more low-income and working-class students,” Mr. Kahlenberg said.
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