The Roosevelt Institution
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
Caitlin N Howarth
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
Zach Marks
Andrew P 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