Laura Pappano

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Articles by Laura Pappano

For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

States and colleges are pressing to get more adults to complete degrees, but many programs are not structured to serve them.
The Hechinger Report
USA Today, August 5, 2021.

A ‘gobsmacking number’ of students in need aren’t applying to college. Are we missing ‘an entire generation’?

The low-income and first generation students who need college help most are not getting it.
USA Today, March 4, 2021.

‘Right now is not my time’: How Covid dimmed college prospects for students who need help most

A perfect storm of remote school and complexity of applying to college leaves low-income and first generation students short on help
The Hechinger Report, March 4, 2021.

How to Raise Rural Enrollment in Higher Education? Go Local.

Given the rural-nonrural divide in America, this may be the most important college access program you've never heard of. The Hechinger Report + WaPo https://hechingerreport.org/how-to-raise-rural-enrollment-in-higher-education-go-local/
The Hechinger Report
The Washington Post, December 4, 2020.

Lessons From Tornadoes Help a Community Combat Covid

Rural Lawrence County, TN brings science (plus "Masks, Distancing, Sanitizing") to the battle to keep students learning during this wild academic year.
New York Times, October 14, 2020.

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