Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports has been covering this for a while, but the Mikva Commission released its report on how political clout influences admissions decisions at the University of Illinois — for those really connected. Leiter’s analysis is here and a law student commentary is here.
Related Books:
- William G. Bowen, Martin A. Kurzweil & Eugene M. Tobin, Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education (2005) (an excellent book that I assign a section for in my poverty class).
- Jerome Karabel, The Choosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton (2005).
Poverty Law 