Submitted on Tuesday, 6/7/2016, at 2:17 PM

Hailing the College as "a national leader in expanding access to college for low-income students," the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation named Amherst the 2016 recipient of a prize that will be used to close what President Biddy Martin calls "invisible opportunity gaps." In a New York Times column about the award, Frank Bruni described Amherst as an "exemplar" and "way, way ahead of most of its peers" in enrolling low-income students.