Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  The Roosevelt Institution headquarters in Washington D.C. summer office 2007. Photos by Nick Bradley. Announcements National Expo: July 11th Hyde Park Summit: August 14-17 Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in." — Teddy Roosevelt    Socioeconomic Diversity in Higher Education > Roosevelt Home > Roosevelt Challenges > Higher Ed Challenge Your name: Your email: Recipient's name: Recipient's email: Message: Higher education shapes so many things about our society -- it is a credential that gives access to more and better job opportunities, it creates social networks and is a center of cultural production and definition, and it provides resources and time for personal growth and reflection. Yet our system of allocating access to higher education does not reflect our values as a society. The public K-12 education system does not offer every student the chance to prepare for college; not everyone who has the possibility to succeed is given the information and tools they need to prepare a competitive application; when applications are judged, they often take into account only a limited set of data about the individual; and once everyone arrives at college, not enough is done to make sure that everyone, regardless of their background, is given what they need to succeed. Unequal access to higher education is un-American. It restricts the life choices, productivity, and creative output of our children simply because of the neighborhood, family, or economic circumstance they were born into. And by excluding some qualified people from our higher education system, it impoverishes the experience for all students. The Roosevelt Institution is committed to broadening access to higher education, ensuring that we provide a place for every student who works hard and wants to attend. This national steering committee is composed of Roosevelt Fellows at each chapter who are coordinating that school's involvement in the higher education challenge. Zach Marks is the policy coordinator for this challenge. Please join if you'd like to be involved (more info on steering committees). Group members: Jacob S Anderson Cedrick Andrews Neil Arnett Troy M Autin Virginia C Bailey Danny Bliss Raj Borsellino Crystal M Boyd Nick R Bradley Sam Brill Carissa A Cahill Jonathan K Cardinal Warren S Carter Aaron J Chandler John J Cole Hilary A Doe Sean P Doherty David Dolginow Eva H DuGoff Tarsi V Dunlop Stephen P Durham Isaac C Emmett Ted Fertik Raymond J Forrester Amy K Frame Christine A Gasparich Madeleine Gelblum Mark D Godfrey Nicholas B Greenfield Samantha F Gross Lauren Henry Nate Herring Nick Hillman Diona F Howard Keyontay S Humphries Elizabeth N Jobson Amy E Jones Jens Jungblut Suzanne Kahn Olivia A Katz Will Kletter Grant Lea Tanya Lee Katherine Linzer Nate Loewentheil Mark H Madsen Russell Manning Daniel P Maree Andrew P Marks Zach Marks Kim Martineau Abby McCartney Greg Meditz Harmon T Murphy Sarah B Myers Angela Nagy Julie Nguyen Jera L Oliver Kevin O Olusola Christopher J Palencia Justin Pearlman Clifford Pearlman Anthony M Pineda Rachel B Plattus Jeremiah Quinlan Simma T Reingold David W Richardson Ernesto Rodriguez Alex Rothmeier Rachel Rybaczuk Paul D Schneider Michael F Schouest Matthew L Schwieger Matthew Segal Cristina Sepe Deep Shah Nessia S Sloane Kristen D Spires Maria Springer Robert R Starnes Steven C Syverud Kedron J Touvell Thuy T Tran Parul Tyagi Lindsay E Ullman Theresa E Viera Christie Viljoen Jesse M Weinstein-Gould SW White Bradford Williams Jesse P Wolfson lorra a bryant kimberly j lowe   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359