The plight of high-achieving, low-income students who "undermatch," enrolling in less-selective colleges than their grades and test scores suggest they could, has gotten a lot of attention. At least one prominent effort is underway to provide advising and information to help such students get into and through top colleges. Now a new book intends to expand the definition of match to include factors beyond selectivity and to extend the concept to a broader group of students. The book, "Matching Students to Opportunity," is full of research that examines the role college and government policies play in increasing — or reducing — the match between students and the colleges where they enroll. The Chronicle spoke with Jessica S. Howell, one of the book’s editors. The conversation with Ms. Howell, executive director of policy research at the College Board, has been edited and condensed.

August 22, 2016 ・ From Chronicle of Higher Education