It’s time to expand affordable high-quality higher ed at places like UMBC that have a proven track record

President Joe Biden stood on the inaugural platform at the Capitol and pointed to urgent challenges that we must “step up” to address, from the pandemic to systemic racism and growing inequality. Tackling those challenges will take hard work, innovation and a new generation of diverse leaders. From our experiences, we know higher education is essential to this goal — especially public higher education, where most graduates receive their degrees.