Access without Support Is Not Opportunity

Writing in Insider Higher Ed, Vincent Tinto argues for reshaping college experiences, especially in the first year, to deliver on the potential of greater access.  From his article:  "[In order to] address the needs of academically under-prepared students, a disproportionate number of whom are from underserved groups and from low-income backgrounds, we must stop tinkering at the margins of institutional life, stop our tendency to take an “add-on” approach to institutional innovation, and stop marginalizing our efforts and in turn our academically under-prepared students and take seriously the task of restructuring what we do."

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