You know those policies that some universities have that admit the top X% of each high school in the state?

They're really good for disadvantaged students.

They increase graduation rates and annual salaries of disadvantaged students *a lot*.

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John B. Holbein Cool paper. This paper by the late, great Rodney Andrews, and co-authors on the Texas top 10 program comes to mind:

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