Access Matters

Related: A concurrent session at SCUP–44: The College Funding Crisis: Five Ways Planning Can Help.

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As we keep reminding ourselves in the SCUP office, "Never waste a crisis."

Colleges and universities must begin to forge a new alliance with government at both the state and federal levels. Higher education can plant the seed for such an alliance by investing in efforts to educate the public and government officials about the nature and breadth of the financial aid problem and its potential impact on America’s fortunes. . . . Equally important, all constituencies in higher education must make a genuine attempt to reduce operating costs without sacrificing educational quality. Reducing costs is an essential good-faith effort to win the support of political officials and the American public.