Dynamos for Diversity How Higher Education Can Build a More Equitable Society Matt Sigelman President, Burning Glass Institute Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, Wiener Center for Social Policy Christopher B. Howard President, Robert Morris UniversityDYNAMOS FOR DIVERSITY 2 Foreword O n November 8, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Higher Education Act, ushering in an era of massive federal support for college students through an array of new programs: tuition grants, guaranteed student loans, and work- study funds. President Johnson saw higher education as a solution to racial and income inequality during a time of upheaval and changing attitudes about race in the country. “Higher education is no longer a luxury, ” the president told Congress the previous January

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