--- --- # How To Make Colleges More Diverse by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Dec 13, 2016 5:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Dec 13, 2016 5:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**How to make colleges more diverse.**](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/opinion/make-colleges-diverse.html) By David Leonhardt in the New York Times **2\.** [**Could fasting tackle the most common form of childhood leukemia?**](http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/news-releases/year-2016/dec/leukemia-zhang.html) By the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center **3\.** [**In adults, income inequality drives apathy. In young people, it inspires them to make a difference.**](http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2016/november/the-kids-are-alright--youth-are-civically-engaged--despite-incom.html) By the New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development **4\.** [**Reselling distressed loans caused the 2008 financial crisis. But now it’s saving homeowners.**](http://www.urban.org/urban-wire/selling-distressed-loans-investors-significantly-cuts-foreclosure-rates) By Laurie Goodman at the Urban Institute **5\.** [**Want to become more ethical? Watch romantic comedies.**](https://psmag.com/hugh-grant-will-literally-make-you-a-better-person-56e9fec69460#.hne2es39v) By Tom Jacobs in Pacific Standard  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ How To Make Colleges More Diverse ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4599170/how-to-make-colleges-more-diverse/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4599170/how-to-make-colleges-more-diverse/"},"headline":"How To Make Colleges More Diverse","datePublished":"2016-12-13T17:00:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:14.505Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4599170/how-to-make-colleges-more-diverse/","keywords":["Innovation","College","movies","Income Inequality","loans","leukemia"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4599170/how-to-make-colleges-more-diverse/","name":"How To Make Colleges More Diverse"}}]}] ```