Article Title
Higher Education and the Promise of Opportunity
Abstract
The article portrays the passage of the Higher Education Act of 1965 as a watershed event, much like the Morrill Land Grant Act and the G.I. Bill, in the history of opening higher education to a broader range of citizens. What had once been a largely private enterprise for the elite became an increasingly public commitment to make a college and university education accessible to anyone qualified to take advantage of the opportunity. In the last two decades, however, that promise has faded as costs have escalated, financial aid has become less available to the needy, federal and state support has lessened, universities and colleges have become more market oriented and economically segregated, and the barriers to equal access have become higher.
Recommended Citation
Woodbury, Robert L.
(2004)
"Higher Education and the Promise of Opportunity,"
New England Journal of Public Policy: Vol. 20:
Iss.
1, Article 14.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/nejpp/vol20/iss1/14