Precarity for Low-Income Students, By Design
I read so often about the importance of students' sense of "belonging" in college, and yet just
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In the Messy Social Spaces Between Constraint and Opportunity
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Penalties for Succeeding with Low-Income Students
In 2023, Texas changed how community colleges would be funded. Instead of the state sending money for the number of
Destabilizing Bills, No Family Wealth: The Need for Campus Emergency Funds
The Hope Center has released a new analysis of emergency financial assistance on college campuses, and the news is not
Learning Power
When I was an undergraduate, I did volunteer work with a remarkable 2nd grade teacher in an elementary school in
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Listening to Poor and Working-Class [Non]Voters
I've spent a lot of time in the past few weeks listening to political discourse about social class.
Whether the SAT
For a fair and comprehensive overview of the SAT admissions exam, take a look at Smithsonian Magazine's recent
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Even More Unequal Childhoods
If I were in charge, I'd have a session during first-year orientation in which I challenged all the
Universal Childcare: New Mexico's Statewide Program
When I was part of the team building a new campus of my state's flagship university, we talked
Selective Omissions in What Campuses Tell First-Gen Students About Themselves
I listen closely to campus messaging for what first-generation college students learn about themselves via available support programming. These programs
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Big Changes in Federal Funding for Higher Education
Thoughout this summary of big changes coming on July 1 to Pell Grant eligibility, student loan repayments, and student loan
Penalizing (Mostly) Low-Income Applicants for AI Use on College Admissions Essays
I was just mindlessly scrolling in line at the hardware store when I learned about admissions readers penalizing low-income students
Billions Withheld From Students and Communities by DOE (Again)
The White House/ Department of Education is withholding over $2 billion that Congress has allocated for Education programs, many of