KERA's Think

What Does The SAT Really Measure?


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When wealthy parents were caught bribing their children’s way into exclusive schools, it highlighted a broken admissions system. Journalist Paul Tough joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the hurdles low-income students face to attend college — many that the affluent don’t even see — and the admissions departments scrambling to balance class makeup with university budgets. His new book is called “The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us.
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