I am honored to be here today, 1Harvard at this celebration of the College Board's half century of working to promote 2and equal opportunity in higher education. Before I say anything else, I want to thank everyone in the room for the work you do every day to make college 3, available, and 4for millions of young people across the country. I want to focus my remarks on a matter of 5to American familiesand to the future of the nation -- restoring education to its proper role as a 6to equal opportunity and 7in our society. This has been an 8in higher education, with great and creative efforts made by many institutions. Earlier this year, we announced a new 9at Harvard aimed at the students from families of low and 10income. Under our new program, families with incomes of 11will no longer be expected to contribute to the cost of attending Harvard for their children. Families with incomes of less than $ 60,000 will also see their 12reduced. We are proud of this effort at Harvard, but we are aware that the programs of individual institutions with means can never be a substitute for our shared 13to provide adequate funding for Pell grants and other financial aid, and for the state and community college systems that make higher education 14and affordable for the 15. There is something empty about 16initiatives that may be right for one institution without attention to their broader impact. 17, we 18if we urge changes in national policy without doing what we can on our own campuses. In this spirit, I want to 19today a problem that is emerging with 20in this nation.