The Education Exchange: Disability Diagnoses: The Latest Luxury Good at Elite Universities

Accommodations are rising exponentially among college students, but gap is widening along socioeconomic lines

Photo of Jeremy NeyJeremy B. Ney, Adjunct Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Ney’s recent Substack post, “How the Wealthy Game Disability Laws for Ivy League Gains.”

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