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OPINION: The pandemic is wreaking havoc on the path to and from college

President Joe Biden’s call for two years of free community college is upending the debate about postsecondary education. Lost in the political back and forth is funding in the American Families Plan to provide an additional $147 billion to increase college retention and completion rates and reduce financial burdens on low-income students — much-needed steps.   This funding will address the hurdles many first-generation college-goers face, both in […]