More Than 100 Colleges Made Pledges at the First White House Summit. Here’s How 6 Fared.

By Mary Bowerman, Max Lewontin, and Jared Misner. Some college leaders have dismissed the White House’s Summit on College Opportunity—the second installment of which takes place on Thursday—as a dog-and-pony show focused more on drawing attention than on stoking action. But all of the more than 100 institutions that scored invitations to the first summit, held in January, had to pledge to do something to expand college access for needy students. More...