Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  Congressman Mike Honda follows up with Jennie Kim in the hallway after listening to her presentation at the Roosevelt Policy Expo 2007 Announcements Africa Policy Conference @ UNC Perfect Presidential Platform crafted @ UGA 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 National Press Chronicle of Higher Education The Nation LA Times New York Times > More "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." — Franklin Roosevelt    Nick Hillman School: Indiana University Member of: Education Policy Coordination Socioeconomic Diversity in Higher Education Responsible Community Development Policy interests: Economic policy, Education, Nonprofits and philanthropy, Poverty and social justice, Religion, Social policy I am a graduate student at Indiana University, my bachelor's and master's degrees are in public policy analysis and economic development - and I'm currently working on my PhD in higher educaiton policy.  My main policy interests center around higher education policy, but pretty much every policy topic interests me so long as it improves standards of living and our collective quality of life.  I gravitate toward higher education policy because I see our nation's colleges (and I'm not just talking about four-year colleges, but community colleges too) as the critical link to closing so many gaps between the have's and the have-nots in our country.  As a nation, we must ensure that colleges are not agents of exclusion.  They must not widen socioeconomic gaps by making postsecondary education out of reach for poor students, undocumented immigrants, or those whose K-12 schools failed them.  Most people would agree that every individual should have an equal opportunity to an affordable college education.  But unfortunately our state and federal policies do not support that notion.  I am always happy to meet people with this shared vision, please feel free to get in touch with me if you'd like to share ideas.   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 / 1527 New Hampshire Avenue NW, 4th Floor / Washington, DC 20036 || Fax: (202) 483-2657