There are more than 17 million students in higher education in America. That’s a growth rate of 21 percent over the last decade. Seventeen-year-old Joshua Adams wants to be one of them. To make his dream of college a reality he has sought the help of Paul Griffin, founder of a group called City at Peace.
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Host Margot Adler talks with journalist Peter Schmidt about the demographics of college attendance and how changes to financial aid affect college enrollment.
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Reporter Amy Mayer reveals a new effort by Amherst College to attract students from more modest backgrounds by doing away with all student loans and offering grants from the college's own resources.
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Host Margot Adler is joined by education researcher and policymaker Ross Weiner and public universities representative Peter McPherson to discuss how public universities can improve access for low-income students.
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Ross Wiener
is vice president for program and policy at The Education Trust. He was previously a trial attorney in the Educational Opportunities Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division.
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Host Margot Adler interviews researcher Stacy Dale about a study she co-authored on whether attending an elite university affects a student's future earnings.
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Host Margot Adler talks with professor Thomas Bailey about the importance of community colleges.
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Thomas R. Bailey
is the George and Abby O'Neill Professor of Economics and Education in the Department of International and Transcultural Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he established the Community College Research Center. He specializes in education, labor economics, and econometrics, and is the co-editor of Defending the Community College Equity Agenda.
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Justice Talking producer Viet Le visited LaGuardia Community College in New York City. He spoke with Donna VanBrackle, a fourth-semester nursing student who enrolled after 15 years working as a lab technician, and Andrea Torres, a single mother and honors student.
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