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The Realignment

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Harvard's Preference for Legacy Status in Admissions

Richard Vance: Harvard did a fairly good job of trying to produce racial diversity. But they, at the same time, had exceedingly little socioeconomic diversity. He says there are really talented low-income working class students who could do the work at selective colleges. It's just Harvard UNC didn't want to spend the money to bring them in," he said.

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