As Pandemic Poses New Strains on Low-Income Families, Campus Life Provides Students a Sense of Stability
Amherst College prides itself on offering some of the most generous financial
aid packages in the country, matriculating a socioeconomically diverse student
body and offering programs, offices and spaces to support and foster community
among low-income students. Leveling the socioeconomic playing field, however,
has become a far more arduous task