Democratic equality and higher education: Moving from access to completion.

Keywords: academic supports; democratic equality; higher education; marginalized students EN academic supports democratic equality higher education marginalized students 404 420 17 09/21/23 20230901 NES 230901 INTRODUCTION A renewed recognition of the obstacles that drive students belonging to minority groups, first-generation students, and students in poverty to drop out of college has led many institutions of higher education to expand the services they provide to students they deem to be at-risk. Colleges were allowed to permit or restrict student action, and courts would defer to colleges' decisions regarding student behavior, including restricting students' freedom of assembly, their speech and dress, and even seemingly innocuous actions such as eating at a local eatery (Peters, [22]). A second aspect in which the application of DE to higher education should be widened from Anderson's initial explanation involves her focus on I access i to higher education rather than on duties that colleges have toward admitted students, which she does not directly discuss. Also, if the services are mandatory for struggling students but available voluntarily for all students (to some degree), high-achieving students may also be eager to take advantage of them, thereby reducing stigma. [Extracted from the article]