<p>Most people do not come from economically diverse environments and do not end up living in them. It’s a deliberate decision on the part of their family. I guarantee you that the families paying the megabucks to live in Scarsdale, for example, are not concerned about the lack of diversity there. They are paying for that lack. They’ve gone through all kinds of trouble and expense to keep low income housing out of their area and such kids in their school. You really think that they are suddenly going to want to send their kids to economically diverse colleges at a quarter of a million dollars? They want their kids to be with those like them economically or better. </p>
<p>A problem with getting economic diversity in academia is that there is a very strong direct relationship between academic achievement and family economics. So trying to get that diversity becomes difficult at certain levels. Most of the top schools give some quarter in consideration for those kids who come from challenging situations including a low income household. SO a number of those higher achieving kids get scooped up that way. It would take a concerted effort for a school like ELon to ge diversify economically, and when it comes to getting kids from low income situations, it flat out means paying for them They aren’t going to be able to come to the school themselves in many cases. </p>