Your Paper Sucked but it will Change the University
Returning to university for grad school is so intimidating, especially after you’ve been out of school for several years. The worst part? That first essay. In this podcast, university and college administrators discuss what they learned when they wrote their first term paper in the Master’s of higher education program at the University of Toronto's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE).
Your Paper Sucked but it will Change the University
S02E03: Stefan Thomas - The Black struggle of paying for higher education
Our next guest is Stefan Thomas, an Academic Advisor at the University of Toronto Scarborough, whose work centres on equity, diversity, and inclusion. Stefan has supported programs aimed at improving Black student success and brings deep insight into the financial realities students face, offering a nuanced look at what it really takes for students to access and persist in university. We discuss his paper on how Black students fund their post-secondary education, the policy questions raised by cost sharing, and the broader intersections of race, affordability, and access in higher education.