(originally published on Boundless on January 22, 2012)
I’ve been thinking long and hard about the equity issue that I discussed in my newspaper article for January, especially since a recent phone call from my daughter, who is fortunate enough that her father was in a position to save up enough money to pay for her tuition at DePaul University in Chicago. She was upset because one of her best friends had to come home from college this week. His family couldn’t afford the tuition and had to make some tough decisions.
This is a boy who graduated at the top of his class. He is brilliant, driven,
