Why Few Poor Kids at Top Colleges Matters

Higher education has long been touted as a way out of poverty, but that only works if poor students enroll in quality universities. Right now, it's not happening, and income inequality is rising.

CAMBRIDGE, MA - FEBRUARY 21: Harvard University walk through the campus on the day Harvard University president, Lawrence H. Summers announced he is resigning at the end of the academic year February 21, 2006 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Summers will step down from his post after a turbulent five-years at the Ivy League school. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Why Few Poor Kids at Top Colleges Matters

Higher education has long been touted as a way out of poverty, but that only works if poor students enroll in quality universities. Right now, it's not happening, and income inequality is rising.

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