Senior Fellow, College Promise; former aide Sen. Kennedy (D-MA), Sen. Pell (D-RI), & Sec. Duncan (Obama Admin). Diehard Mets-Jets-Knicks fan. Fallen lawyer.
Jun 21, 2023 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
10 Responses for Democratic leaders to the expected affirmative action decisions.
1: Commit to double TRIO college prep funding over the next 5 yrs. Pending budget sets up a glide path. 2020 platform called for it. Bipartisan support in Congress. @COETalk bit.ly/3P9vO5L
2: Direct DOJ to suspend antitrust prosecution for college collaboration on a specific set of activities (e.g. ending legacy, donor, & early decision preferences, increasing use of need-based financial aid, and engaging in targeted geographic recruitment) @npr_ed @NeeraTanden46
Jan 27, 2020 • 16 tweets • 31 min read
Tweet storm here pegging off a recent report by @edtrust on systemic racism in #highered. There’s a lot in the report, but particularly shocking is new data on the Black student loan default crisis, yes crisis, that deserves much more discussion. 1/16
edtrust.org/resource/hard-…@EdTrust Reported in the trade press & examined further by academics & wonks like @EduBenM is a finding first made by @rkelchen that nearly half of Black student loan borrowers default over a 12 year repayment period. Nearly 1/4th of Black bachelor degree holders default. Horrible. 2/16
