See the full list.​Among select elite schools, Duke enrolled a low share of freshmen who receive Pell Grants​and fall exam periods at Duke University, Perkins Library tends to be crowded. It is known as the Duke LIFE room, named for an organization that represents and serves undergraduates who come from low-income families or whose parents did not attend college. While many first-generation students are proud of their status, not everybody wants to make such a declaration.But there is also a larger explanation for the room’s underuse: Compared with other universities, Duke has not enrolled many low-income students. Federal data suggests that Duke also has fewer middle-income students, coming from families that earn too much to qualify for Pell Grants but still less than $100,000 a year. But it has made less progress diversifying by social class.Why has Duke chosen this path?

Source: New York Times September 13, 2023 00:21 UTC