American dream deferred: The educational crisis sweeping across the U.S.

     Photo courtesy of flickr user acidcookie.   I’ve got a new piece published at TomDispatch.com today about the crisis of college affordability sweeping throughout higher education, from community colleges to elite, four-year public and private colleges and universities.  It’s a crisis that’s been long coming. The Pell Grant, created in 1972, was the last real effort to democratize access to higher education, and since then colleges and universities... Read More