Committee to Unleash Prosperity:
The Financial Times and Harvard Crimson report that 38% of Stanford University students claim a disability. Wait, these are about the most privileged kids on the planet and nearly two of every five have a learning disability? That percentage is up an amazing tenfold since 2014.
As the chart below shows, many other elite Ivy League schools have at least two to three TIMES more “disabled” students than a decade ago.
Do we suddenly have an epidemic of mental and physical health problems afflicting our kids, or do we have another burgeoning scandal with colleges labeling as many students as disabled as possible to chase down more government money? Or is everybody just discovering medical reasons they need extra time on tests?