Published Quarterly Journal of Economics Online 30 Oct 2025 Published Jan 2026Diversifying Society's Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private CollegesRaj Chetty · David J Deming · John N FriedmanThis paper studies why children from high-income families are more likely to attend Ivy-Plus colleges (Ivy League, Stanford, MIT, Duke, Chicago — 12 colleges total) and whether attending these …