Reviving the American Dream: The Crisis of Access in Higher Education

Suffolk University Proudly Presents The Suffolk Centennial Forums Public Conversations on Important Societal Issues

Reviving the American Dream: The Crisis of Access in Higher Education
Tremont Temple Baptist Church, 88 Tremont Street, Boston
3pm-5pm

A college degree is still the strongest path to personal prosperity, social mobility, and an engaged citizenry. Yet, rising costs, government cut-backs, shrinking Pell grants, and even some universities’ willingness to trade financial aid for national rankings have combined to place a huge burden on low- and middle-income students.

Join Suffolk University and a nationally-renowned panel of thinkers, writers, scholars, and government leaders as they ask the tough questions—and provide some hard answers—about the growing divide between the promise of the American Dream and what we as a nation are actually delivering.


PANELISTS INCLUDE:

Lewis Lapham, Keynote Speaker
Harper’s Magazine

Richard D. Kahlenberg
Senior Fellow, Century Foundation

Thomas G. Mortenson
Senior Scholar, Pell Institute

Dr. Rodney Paige
Former Secretary of Education

Dr. Blenda J. Wilson, Moderator
President & CEO, Nellie Mae Educational Foundation