Vassar has taken steps to hold down spending on faculty and staff. Amherst and the University of Florida have raised new money specifically to spend on financial aid for low-income students. American University reallocated scholarships from well-off students to needy ones. Grinnell set a floor on the share of every freshman class – 15 percent – whose parents didn’t go to college. Over the last decade, dozens of colleges have proclaimed that recruiting a more economically diverse student body was a top priority. Many of those colleges have not matched their words with actions. But some have. - nytimes/2014/09/09/upshot/top-colleges-that-enroll-rich-middle-class-and-poor.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&abt=0002&abg=1
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