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New Data Reveals Stark Gaps in Graduation Rates Between Poor and Wealthy Students

Monday, September 28th, 2015

At the University of Missouri-Kansas City, only 35 percent of Pell Grant recipients graduate college, a rate that is more than 20 percentage points lower than that of their wealthier peers.

Why is anyone surprised by that?

I think, for you thinkers out there, that this is just another example of Reynold’s Law in action.