Welcome to the club, Princeton. Taking CC student transfers (the main thrust of the article) is a great way to get low income students who didn’t get the memo in high school.
For those who feel the middle class is excluded: [quote] Just over a year ago, 30 elite colleges banded together with a goal of enrolling an additional 50,000 low- and **moderate-income** students at top institutions by 2025.
"Presidents warn that middle-income students, for whom tuition is still a burden, can grow resentful if they see their own payments covering costs for their classmates, so they’re trying to expand financial support for those beyond the lowest income brackets.
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…and these poor kids aren’t taking places away from anyone at Princeton:
The article is about more than P’ton too - Ohio State is trying to get kids out in 4 years, Lehigh and Lawrence are expanding outreach to low income high schools, some are deferring maintenance/building projects in favor of increasing aid,