The ‘Diploma Divide’ Hits Capitol Hill

“There’s a new divide on Capitol Hill over education,” the Washington Post reports.

“In a dramatic shift from 50 years ago, Republicans in Congress overwhelmingly attended nonelite universities for undergraduate and postgraduate studies. At the same time, almost half of all Democrats graduated from an Ivy League institution or some other elite university for undergraduate or postgraduate work, a slight increase from the early 1970s.”