<p>If you would read the article you would know that what is “unfair” is that those students were born into disadvantaged families and attended schools from K-12 that did not allow them to develop the emotional resources to deal with adversity- and that those students are every bit as capable as the higher SES students who attend your high school. </p>
<p>What is “unfair” is that these students can’t get this level of support and intervention much earlier. </p>
<p>As a public, taxpayer funded university – UT has an obligation to serve all families in Texas – not just the students who have the head start of having college educated parents or the good fortune to live in more affluent communities.</p>
<p>As a matter of public policy, the economic data shows that UT gets more bang for its buck when its universities succeed with students from lower SES backgrounds, because of the radical change in future earnings of those students with the 4 year degree. </p>