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AS STUDENTS AND BORROWERS ARE STEPPING UP, POLICYMAKERS ARE STEPPING BACK.
Higher education is still the most effective means to open doors to opportunity and upward mobility.
But leaders are dismissing the needs of students and borrowers who are facing high costs, low support, and confusing support systems.
COLLEGE ISN’T FAILING. THE SUPPORT AROUND IT IS.
For millions, access to opportunity, stability, and careers requires a little help.
But that promise is increasingly undermined by economic and structural realities.
Prospective students grapple with rising living costs, parents pursuing higher education contend with a nationwide child care shortage, and borrowers working to repay loans are left on hold.
HIGHER EDUCATION HAS NEVER BEEN PERFECT.
But past policies offer insight into how a more just and effective system might be reimagined.
Policymakers need to hear how the cuts to higher education, the destabilized support systems, and the limited resources are causing generations of Americans to missed opportunities and missed career paths.
Share your story about how college changed your life, how you are coping with your loans, and how access to higher education may still be out of reach.
You’ve got a story to share, and we want to hear it.