Understanding the link between selectivity and racial inequity in college admissions is one of several key strategies in dismantling long-standing and system barriers to college access.

While higher education institutions continue to reel from unpredictable enrollment trends, the demographic cliff, decreased funding, increased costs and workforce shortages, finance leaders in the sector have largely transitioned from crisis management mode to planning for the future.

College system still needs key reforms to assure all Americans have access to a post-secondary education that leads to a higher quality of life, IHEP president Mamie Voight says.