disadvantaged

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In 2022, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reinstated the SAT requirement, saying it helps determine applicants’ preparedness and identify promising students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

But the vote went against the UC Academic Senate’s own Standardized Testing Task Force, which said use of test scores could actually boost admission rates for students from disadvantaged backgrounds and school districts.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

She also framed DEI as the viewpoint “that the exclusion of historically disadvantaged groups is undesirable.”

From Slate • May 14, 2026

The island has also been granted £2m a year for the next decade from the government's Pride in Place programme, aimed at revitalising disadvantaged areas.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

To improve the education of disadvantaged students requires social changes which educational institutions alone cannot make, of course.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez