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Cutting student aid like ‘eating our own seed corn’

Washington Post "College Inc." Blog - Guest Post

November 22, 2011

Dennis Berkey, president and CEO, Worcester Polytechnic Institute writes: These programs contribute mightily to our nation's bottom line. While the economic impact of these programs is critical, the social impact may be even more important. During the past 30 years, social mobility in America has become stagnant, with a tiny minority taking an increasingly large share of economic wealth, and a growing segment of our population completely closed off from college. The success of the American Dream, its very existence even, depends on our collective ability to throw open the doors of higher education.

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