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As students and borrowers are stepping up, the systems around them are falling short.
Higher education is still the most effective means to open doors to opportunity and upward mobility.
But students and borrowers are facing higher costs, fewer supports, and confusing systems that are not working as promised.
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.
Students are grappling with rising living costs. Parents pursuing higher education contend with a nationwide child care shortage. Borrowers working to repay loans are left on hold in broken systems of repayment and forgiveness.
Start sharing your story.
Access to higher education has never been perfect.
But past policies can show us how a more just and effective system might be reimagined.
There is a lot at stake if we do not act now. When aid systems break, students fall behind. When students fall behind, communities are diminished. When communities are diminished, the nation loses ground.
How has access to college changed your life?
How did education move you forward? What doors did college open for you? How are you coping with your loans?
We want to hear your story.
The good. The bad. The ugly. What you share will help shape how we talk about higher education, defend what works, and fix what does not. Your stories will inform communications, policy efforts in the months ahead.
