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Selectivity of US colleges and returns to elite education 
infoproc (Blogspot) | by Steve Hsu(noreply@blogger.com) | Fri, Oct 30
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These observations are consistent with my own experience. Growing up in Iowa, I remember many academically talented students from my high school (often children of professors) simply attending the local state university by default. These days, those same kids would be angling for admi...
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