In America, a post-secondary education has become a necessary pillar for achieving economic mobility. However, because of rising tuition, crushing student-loan debt, unequal returns on investment, and financial predation, our current higher education system too often stalls the financial, educational, and professional dreams of people of color and strips away any wealth that they may hold.

Read Jasmine’s reflection at Liberation In a Generation

Higher education is in trouble, and not only due to a decline of public trust. As a microcosm of our broader culture, universities are inequitable and often harmful, especially for marginalized people. University of Arizona Press