Group 8

These are some of the topics our group discussed:

• Access issues for undocumented students. The Dream Act is a big piece of this.
• Social Justice and balance of matriculating populations. Intersectionality
• Student Loan Default, Financial Aid scams, & regulation of online learning as abuse of the financial aid system
• For-profit institutions and technical/certification programs that practice predatory recruitment and enrollment practices.
• Retirement & Turnover, or lack thereof, in higher institution
• Tenure system (teaching vs. research) and the research base
• The burgeoning work force & whether we're adequately preparing students with the appropriate skills to enter the workforce
• Social under-development. (what our generation perceives as social under-development) & no capacity for confrontation
• Internal & External accountability and self-assessment
• Technology gap
• Different & divergent languages spoken by academic affairs, student affairs, & the business/financial side of the university is problematic.

We discussed these issues under the following definition of "issue":
An issue exists when we can identify a need that we're not meeting, but can anticipate the challenges ahead.