When Aries and Seider Cite Research That Says That Lower-Income

question 340

Multiple Choice

When Aries and Seider cite research that says that lower-income students at elite universities undergo "significant 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.

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