Flagship Universities Short on Minority and Low-Income Students, Report Says

By KARIN FISCHER

The nation's public flagship universities are becoming less accessible to students who are from low-income families or who are members of underrepresented minority groups, according to a report released last week by the Education Trust.

In its new report, "Engines of Inequality: Diminishing Equity in the Nation's Premier Public Universities," the trust, an independent research and advocacy organization based in Washington, grades the flagship institution in each state on access for