Inside Higher Ed: Opening Up the Elites
In recent years, driven in part by the publication of books like William G. Bowen’s Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education and Jerome Karabel’s The Chosen, a small but steadily growing number of elite private and public colleges have embraced the idea that they must do a much better job of opening their doors to students from low-income families. Private institutions such as Princeton University and Amherst College and selective public institutions like the Universities of Virginia and North Carolina at Chapel Hill have altered their financial aid programs and, to a lesser extent, their admissions policies with the goal of expanding the number of underprivileged students they enroll.
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