It’s no secret that Washington University has long lagged far behind its peer institutions in terms of socioeconomic diversity. With a paltry 6.2 percent of students qualifying for a federal Pell Grant in 2015, a number a full 4 percentage points below the next closest four-year research university, Wash. U. rightfully earned the deplorable distinction of the least financially diverse university in the country.

Naturally, we at Student Life investigated. Around this time a year ago, we released a special issue focusing on the culture of socioeconomic diversity on this campus. We did a deep dive into the Pell Grant numbers, surveyed students about how they felt on campus and gave those same students space to share their stories, but most importantly, we looked into how the University was planning to address the issue.

They say a year can make all the difference, and indeed it has. Since we published that issue, the University has hired a new associate provost focused on low-income, first generation students; enrolled a record number of low-income students in the class of 2020; and introduced a pilot program intended to assist low-income students during their four years here. Still in the works is a proposed space for low income students that will foster community and provide resources.

And yet, the University is content with hitting the current national average of Pell Grant eligible students—13 percent—by the year 2020. That is, the University plans to enroll the same percentage of Pell Grant eligible students each of the next three years. What on the surface may seem to be a push upwards from ignominy might actually be a bid for living just above infamy.

Senior and then-member of Washington University for Undergraduate Socioeconomic Diveristy [WU/FUSED] Shaun Ee expressed just that concern in the socioeconomic diversity special issue last fall.

“When the press is no longer as bad, and we’re not number 50 out of 50, how much pressure is that going to create on the administration?” Ee said at the time.

While kudos are in order for the University in taking these measures, applauding a small step away from utter ineptness feels a bit like giving a dog a treat for wagging its tail. We should not need to congratulate what was supposed to happen from the outset.

In reflecting on the year that has passed between our critical look at socioeconomic diversity and Wash. U., our editorial board was impressed with the infrastructure for change that has been instituted and is eager to see the continued efforts that will come of this new support system. Associate vice provost Anthony Tillman has only been in his new role since July and has already introduced the Deneb STARS program for low income students.

We urge the University not to become complacent on its laurels, considering the impact of their actions on all student communities at our school.

Maybe the University should run its day-to-day as President Obama said he runs his administration just the other day: “Sometimes I talk to CEOs, they come in and they start telling me about leadership, and here’s how we do things,” Obama said. “And I say, well, if all I was doing was making a widget or producing an app, and I didn’t have to worry about whether poor people could afford the widget, or I didn’t have to worry about whether the app had some unintended consequences…then I think those suggestions are terrific.”

For years, the policies the University has followed have had “some unintended consequences,” to put it lightly. Now, it’s time to rectify those consequences, and we cannot be fooled into thinking that it can be begun and finished in only a year. We cannot be satisfied with Band-Aids and apologies.