Pandemic presents an opportunity for small liberal arts colleges to change

Even leaving cost apart, students from low-income families often lack the academic credentials (test scores, GPAs, AP courses, extracurriculars) to get into selective colleges. While private liberal arts colleges would benefit from policy changes that affect public institutions - changes such as exp...

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Published inThe Conversation U.S
Main Authors Benedix, Beth D, Volk, Steven
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston The Conversation US, Inc 13.10.2020
Subjects
College campuses
Colleges & universities
Costs
COVID-19
Higher education
Learning
Low income groups
Pandemics
Religious education
Religious studies
Social mobility
Students
Upward mobility
World literature
United States > US
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Summary:Even leaving cost apart, students from low-income families often lack the academic credentials (test scores, GPAs, AP courses, extracurriculars) to get into selective colleges. While private liberal arts colleges would benefit from policy changes that affect public institutions - changes such as expansion and increase of Pell grants and loan forgiveness programs - they can also move to reduce their own costs and lower tuition. [Deep knowledge, daily.Sign up for The Conversation's newsletter.] I wanted to disclose that I am the Founder and Director of the nonprofit organization, The Castle (legal name, Putnam County Coalition for Education and the Creative Arts), (www.castlearts.org) which partners with public schools in Putnam County, IN to create a culture of arts-integrated project-based learning.