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Forum: The Histories of the U.S. Department of Education
History of Education Quarterly has published an excellent forum on the history of the U.S. Department of Education. On
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DOE and a Meaningless Definition of "First-Gen"
The Department of Education is mandating that unless they admit all applicants, every four-year college and university will need to
Poor and Working-Class Students as Collateral Damage
This is a good short essay on how congress has all but abandoned the commitment of the 1965 Higher Education
College Access as an Afterthought
As we've faced the torrent of news about federal budget cuts that will harm low-income and working-class students,
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Earning Less With Your Degree If You Started With Less
We've known for years that low-income college graduates earn less after graduating than their higher-income peers. A new
Winding Down College Access Programs: The Latest TRIO Cuts
For decades, federal TRIO programs have been the backbone of support for low-income, first-generation students. Through a suite of programs,
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Which First-Generation Students Are/Are Not of Interest to Scholars?
There are many forms of scholarly writing, and book-length studies of campus life take us beyond surveys or interview-with-strangers papers
When Power Working Against Equitable Education Becomes (Very) Visible
On the one hand, it's very good that the most recent "landscape analysis" released by First-Gen
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New Data on First-Gen Students' [lower] College Completion Rates
There's a new research report out today on First Generation students' college completion rates, and the news
Berea College: Tuition Free for Appalachian Students for Decades
Most students at Berea College in southeast Kentucky graduate debt free. 99% of them are Pell grant eligible, meaning that
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The Power to Deny Poor Families Internet Access
For a decade, libraries have been lending portable wifi hotspots to residents so that students, families, job seekers, elderly people
Understanding Students' Lives: Investing in the Work
Often, I see authors in the first-generation student literature making the curious argument that talking about the structural inequalities shaping