{"id":988,"date":"2017-06-08T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=988"},"modified":"2017-06-08T08:44:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T12:44:11","slug":"nacacreads-join-us-monday-to-discuss-lower-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/06\/08\/nacacreads-join-us-monday-to-discuss-lower-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"#NACACreads: Join Us Monday to Discuss \u2018Lower Ed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lowered300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-989 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lowered300-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lowered300-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/lowered300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>How do social inequalities shape access to education, and what can counselors and admission professionals do to help students navigate an increasingly complex array of postsecondary choices?<\/p>\n<p>Discuss those questions and more on Monday during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/news--publications\/publications\/NACACreads\/\">#NACACreads <\/a>discussion of <a href=\"http:\/\/thenewpress.com\/books\/lower-ed\"><em>Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The chat will kick off on Twitter at 2 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>Author Tressie McMillan Cottom will participate in the hour-long discussion, and there will be plenty of opportunities for you to share your own thoughts about the book, as well as for-profit colleges.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>New to #NACACreads?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/news--publications\/publications\/NACACreads\/\">Read more about the club<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/education\/archive\/2017\/02\/the-coded-language-of-for-profit-colleges\/516810\/\">Check out an excerpt from <em>Lower Ed<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teacherchallenge.edublogs.org\/step-3-twitter-chats\/\">Learn how to participate in a Twitter chat<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacnet.msgfocus.com\/c\/1C1cgKlgVZ30n5B0t1CocLm\">.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/04\/05\/students-share-your-college-essay-with-the-new-york-times\/mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\"><em style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do social inequalities shape access to education, and what can counselors and admission professionals do to help students navigate an increasingly complex array of postsecondary choices? 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