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When Aries and Seider cite research that says that lower-income students at elite universities undergosignificant effects on their sense of self, as well as on relations with friends and colleagues who still inhabit the old' world they mean
 
  a. that lower-income students who are accepted into these schools are sophisticated and smart enough to fit into the established social order.
  b. lower-income students must make difficult adjustments to fit in with the majority of students and faculty at these schools.
  c. higher-income students, who have not been exposed to people from lower-income groups, feel a sense of superiority and discriminate against the lower-income students.
  d. higher-income students and lower-income students suffer no cultural gaps since they were all accepted to these universities based on their outstanding academic skills.

Question 2

One of the criticisms of elite universities in America, according to this article, has been that they are reproducing social advantage instead of serving as an engine of mobility.. Which of the following best illustrates this quote?
 
  a. 75 of their students come from the top-quarter of the socio-economic system and 3 come from the poorest quarter.
  b. 25 of their students come from the top-quarter of the socio-economic system and 50 come from the bottom 50.
  c. 50 of the students come from the top 10 of the socio-economic system and 50 come from the rest of society.
  d. 75 come from the bottom quarter of the socio-economic system and 2 come from the top 10.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

A



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