The faculty director of the Boston University Newbury Center joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why, even as colleges and universities have moved to make their campuses more diverse, they are leaving economically disadvantaged students behind.
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Ron Lieber, a columnist for The New York Times, talks about the complicated financial aid process and ways to tap into merit aid and similar discounts. Plus, get extra information from a bonus blog about this episode.
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This hour, we’ll talk about strategies for paying for college and about how much debt is reasonable to take on with Ron Elsenbaumer, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at UT-Arlington; and Cynthia Butler, executive director of financial aid for Dallas County Community College District.
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We’ll talk about how the American Dream is out of reach for many young people who grew up here with the author of “Dreamers: An Immigrant Generation’s Fight for Their American Dream.”
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