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Research suggests colleges mainly recruit from white, affluent schools - Daily Bruin

Research suggests colleges mainly recruit from white, affluent schools

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Universities in the United States tend to conduct their off-campus recruiting visits at primarily white and affluent high schools, according to research published April 13. Researchers from UCLA and the University of Arizona published their study, “The Off-Campus Recruiting Research Project,” on college recruiting and the demographics of the high schools recruiters choose to visit in The New York Times.

https://dailybruin.com/2018/04/24/research-suggests-colleges-mainly-recruit-from-white-affluent-schools/

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Research suggests colleges mainly recruit from white, affluent schools

By Julia Shapero

April 24, 2018 11:36 p.m.