In France, a Bastion of Privilege No More (05/09/2011)
When Richard Descoings took over as director of the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris in 1996, students at the school, founded in 1871 and universally known as “Sciences Po,” looked like those at any other elite French institution.
10 years of promoting student diversity at Sciences Po
In 2001, Sciences Po implemented a pioneering program to bring greater social and ethnic diversity to the student body. In a departure from its admissions practices, the Paris-based institution, France’s leading university for social sciences, invited high schools in deprived areas of France to become partners and put forward their most-promising students.
Ten years later, 860 students have attended Sciences Po through this program, known as the Conventions Education Prioritaire (the “Priority Education Conventions”), and six cohorts have graduated. The CEP students currently account for about 10% of the annual undergraduate intake. The number of high schools participating has grown to 85, and about 20 companies are sponsoring the project.
Now; a detailed study of controversial CEP program shows that the overwhelming majority of students succeed at Sciences Po and go on to well-paid, secure jobs.
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