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A Second Chance at Higher Education

Growing up in a low socioeconomic area in Phoenix, Arizona, surrounded by gangs, violence, and drugs, I never thought…

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Student Parents and the Opportunity to Support Multiple Generations of Families

For 14 years, I have been an Institutional Researcher at Monroe Community College (MCC) in Rochester, NY. On March…

Adult Students, COVID-19, Pathways, Today's Students

Rethinking PLA: The Urgency of Counting Prior Learning

As the country works toward economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are at least 10…

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The Two-Faced Promise of Higher Education

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The four-year college degree has long been the gold standard and the surest gateway to economic opportunity in the…

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    Student Debt and the Racial Wealth Gap: Reform Should Narrow the Chasm 

    We are eleven years overdue for reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Many groups, from consumer advocates, to civil rights groups, to higher ed organiz…

  • Adult Students, Equity, Today's Students

    Transforming Yesterday’s Postsecondary System to Better Serve Today’s Students

    A college degree is a proven pathway to a higher median-income level and improved social mobility for students, especially those from low-income backgrounds, a…

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    What It Takes to Achieve Equity in Higher Ed

    The mission of the National College Access Network is to build, strengthen, and empower communities and stakeholders to close equity gaps in postsecondary atta…

  • Affordability, Equity, Financial Aid Reforms, Today's Students

    Today’s Students and the Evolving Equity Movement in Higher Education

    Responding to new disparities affecting adults, parents and others continues the work begun by civil rights pioneers generations ago

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