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500. What Exactly Is College For?

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Why Isn't Northwestern a Research University?

Mordi shapero is the president of northwestern university in New Jersey. He went from loading trucks for the minimum wage to making around two million dollars a year as a college president. Research shows that certain types of colleges are much better at moving students up the income distribution, rather than simply taking in students from well off families and helping them stay well off.

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