This item, by Scott Jaschik in Inside Higher Ed, bears directly on our discussion of the Murray book:
Since 2008, student aid from federal and institutional sources has increased. Political and foundation leaders have also focused on the importance of a postsecondary education, and the need to increase college attainment.
But in the years since 2008, the proportion of low-income recent high school graduates who enroll in college has seen a significant drop, according to a new analysis from the American Council on Education.
In 2008, 55.9 percent of such high school graduates enrolled in college. By 2013, that figure dropped to 45.5 percent. While overall enrollment rates increased just after the economic downturn hit in 2008, they have fallen for all income groups since. However the drop for those from low-income families has been the greatest.
College Enrollment Rates for Recent High School Graduates
The analysis is based on U.S. Census Bureau data. For the above comparisons, the ACE study defined low-income families as those from the bottom 20 percent, high income as from the top 20 percent, and everyone else in the middle group.
2008 2013 All 68.6% 65.9% High income 81.9% 78.5% Middle income 65.2% 63.8% Low income 55.9% 45.5%
The sorting machine and acceptance rates (Murray, pp. 52-61)
Things are even worse than Murray suggests
Smoking and social class (see Murray, pp. 36, 113)
- Zips and SuperZips (Murray, ch. 3)
- Congressional districts and income (Murray, pp. 97-99)
- The geography of inequality: the case of California, the "hourglass state"
- Inequality in scities
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