The Chronicle of Higher Education
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Welcoming Needy Students to the Campus

To the Editor:

It is a thin wire on which higher education balances the desire for increased enrollment of low-income students and the need to maintain precious rankings used in the solicitation of alumni gifts and the recruitment of top students. Karin Fischer's "Elite Colleges Lag in Serving the Needy" (The Chronicle, May 12) opens the door to a host of questions...

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