Elite Colleges Are More Diverse Than Ever. They're Still Unequal. Living in the university's blind spots

“Reading that email, from the president of the university, followed by the dean, it had the assumption that students have a place to go back to … When times were most dire, they sometimes stayed on the couches and floors of family members. According to Princeton University, the Class of 2021 was its most diverse “in the modern era,” including more first-generation college students than ever before. According to the university, these remarkable numbers signal that Cornell is “well on our way toward our goals to broaden and diversify the incoming class.”