Bursting the College Bubble

<p>Universities across the United States have long prided themselves on bridging the differences between their students. How the coronavirus has instead reinforced inequalities that campus life can hide. Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/nicholas-casey?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">Nicholas Casey</a>, a national politics reporter at The New York Times, who spoke to faculty and students at Haverford College, a liberal arts school near Philadelphia. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>When the students were sleeping in the same dorms and eating the same dining hall food, the disparities in their backgrounds weren’t as clear as they are over video chat. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/04/us/politics/coronavirus-zoom-college-classes.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">Here’s a peek inside</a> two students’ vastly different worlds.</li></ul>