The University of California Stands Out Among Top Schools When It Comes to Serving Poor Students
A new report shows that most colleges are failing when it comes to graduating low-income students, but the UC system is an exception.
The idea is clear, simple, and generally agreed upon: Colleges need to do more when it comes to enrolling and graduating low-income students. If college degrees are “the great equalizer”—though some research has disputed that characterization—then expanding access to those degrees will help make society more equal. Are any colleges succeeding in doing that?
A new report from Third Way, a center-left think tank, tries to answer that question—and the results for many colleges are . One of the most common ways to understand how colleges are serving low-income students is by looking at how well they are
