Washington University’s Plan to Enroll More Low-Income Students Moves Forward

Shaun Kai Ern Ee has been pushing Washington University in St. Louis to become more socioeconomically diverse. A junior at Wash U., he is hardly alone in this pursuit. But the story of how this international student from Singapore came to care about this issue is unique.  Tired of being labeled the least socioeconomically diverse elite college in the country by the student group and especially by national media outlets such as The New York Times, Wash U. announced in January that it planned to nearly double, by the year 2020, the percentage of Pell Grant recipients it enrolls.