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Back to EpisodesColleges Slip on Pledge to Enroll Lower-Income Students
Episode 1368
Published 4 years ago
Description
More than 125 U.S. colleges and universities promised in 2016 to raise the enrollment of lower-income students by 50,000 by 2025. But a progress report from the initiative shows the schools have added fewer than 8,000 so far. Higher-education reporter Melissa Korn joins host Daniella Cheslow to discuss why federal Pell Grants are reaching so few potential students .
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