The New York Times College Mobility Project is a powerful interactive visualization tool that provides an in-depth analysis of the economic diversity and mobility outcomes of students from a wide range of American universities based on a comprehensive study using millions of anonymous tax records and tuition data by Opportunity Insights.Â
A major new study has revealed the extent to which elite college admissions in the U.S. systematically favor the rich. David Leonhardt, a senior writer for The New York Times and The Morning, walks through the data and explains why the study is fueling calls to abandon longstanding practices like legacy admissions.