Don't Waste This Crisis, for Students’ Sake

Aspen's Josh Wyner advises college leaders to take advantage of this crisis to fix transfer, increase need-based aid, and improve instruction.

With college and university presidents navigating an unprecedented crisis, the temptation among many is to hunker down until the pandemic and inevitable recession are behind us. But if we come out on the other side with institutions that do the same things, in the same way, as before, we will have missed a significant opportunity to do better for students.