Featured Session: Promise & Peril: The Potential of Our Community Colleges
A small handful of super selective US colleges grab all the headlines: affirmative action, exorbitant tuition, culture wars. Meanwhile, low-cost, diverse community colleges are quietly educating 40 percent of undergrads. It is at these open-access institutions that we have the best shot of advancing economic mobility and developing the diverse talent our country needs. But they’re facing huge challenges: dropping enrollments, pandemic learning loss, and diminishing public trust. Learn how excellent colleges are tackling these problems to change students’ lives and revitalize their communities.
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Pascale Charlot
The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program
Russell Lowery-Hart
Austin Community College District
Josh Wyner
The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program
This event is currently available on demand.
Video On Demand for this event began on Wednesday, March 6th 2024 at 1:00pm CT.