Selective colleges and universities need to do more to enroll low-income students

One silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic is the now-ubiquitous availability of interactive technologies, such as Zoom conferencing and document collaboration, to connect students to educational opportunities that previously would not have been available to them.

• Kelli Bird and Ben Castleman
• Brookings

For instance, CollegePoint is a national initiative that provides remote college advising to high-achieving, lower-income high school seniors across the country.

These students often lack access to individualized college planning support in their communities and…

• Selective colleges and…