On Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, the day before the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, a few of us higher ed types took to Twitter for a (mostly) weekly discussion known as #strategycar. The topic of that day’s chat had to do with how we portray diversity in higher education. Continue reading “Marketing, diversity and inclusion in #highered”
We’ve heard quite a bit of talk in recent years from academic and governmental leaders about the importance of making U.S. higher education more accessible and affordable to Americans. The White House has pledged to “make college more accessible, affordable, and attainable for all American families,” and President Obama has also pushed to make community college tuition-free. Also, college presidents have opined about the issue and what their institutions are doing to ensure that a college education is within reach of all U.S. families. Continue reading “College: Accessible but not so affordable”
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