NY Times reporters fanned out across the country to document the start of school. I went to Winthrop, WA.
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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.
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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.
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‘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
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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/
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