Smarts aren't everything

Christian Century, March 23, 2004

> SMARTS AREN'T EVERYTHING: Income rather than intelligence determines whether young adults will get a college degree by the time they are 24. Of those from high-income families (over $85,000) 51.4 percent will get their degree by age 24; only 12.4 percent of youth from middle-income families ($35,000-65,000) will get a degree by that time; and for low-income people the percent drops off to 4.5 (Newsweek, February 2).