<p>Dan Porterfield, the president and CEO of The Aspen Institute, joins us in swampED studios. He discusses the transformative power of education and bringing more low-income, first-generation, and students of color into higher ed. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.</p>

Dan Porterfield, the president and CEO of The Aspen Institute, joins us in swampED studios. He discusses the transformative power of education and bringing more low-income, first-generation, and students of color into higher ed. As always, we end with our Moment of Hope.

216 - Why Improving Access to Higher Ed Benefits Us All

For eight years, President Obama made the White House a place that brought people together-- incredible students, parents, principals, district leaders, school counselors, teachers, college presidents, professors, business leaders, and more. And after January 2017, the inspiring stories we heard and the incredible people we met no longer had a place to share their experiences and good ideas with folks across the country. 

These stories constantly reminded and inspired us of people's commitment to education. It is the ultimate bedrock of our society, and people are passionately fighting to make it better. At the White House we were fortunate to get to shine a spotlight on some of those incredible education advocates and practitioners, and we want to continue to shine that spotlight and talk about what's working, how others can get involved, and hopefully be inspired along the way.  We hope you'll join us.

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For eight years, President Obama made the White House a place that brought people together-- incredible students, parents, principals, district leaders, school counselors, teachers, college presidents, professors, business leaders, and more. And after January 2017, the inspiring stories we heard and the incredible people we met no longer had a place to share their experiences and good ideas with folks across the country. These stories constantly reminded and inspired us of people's commitment to education. It is the ultimate bedrock of our society, and people are passionately fighting to make it better. At the White House we were fortunate to get to shine a spotlight on some of those incredible education advocates and practitioners, and we want to continue to shine that spotlight and talk about what's working, how others can get involved, and hopefully be inspired along the way. We hope you'll join us.

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