Some of the most selective and well-known public universities could do a better job of enrolling and graduating low-income students. A new report from the Institute for Higher Education Policy examined those selective colleges that have low Pell Grant recipient enrollments to find the best methods for solving this controversial "undermatching" phenomenon. Addressing and studying the undermatching issue has been a priority of the Obama administration. "We wanted to understand which colleges could contribute far more low-income college graduates to our economy and society simply by enrolling more of them, and those that popped out were those selective, flagship universities," said Mamie Voight, director of policy research at the institute.

October 29, 2015 ・ From Inside Higher Ed