Navigating the transition to college is complex and intimidating for many adolescents, especially those from families and schools where going to college is not the norm. Even after being accepted to colleges, nearly one in five students fails to matriculate — a phenomenon commonly known as “summer melt.” Challenges to matriculating disproportionately affect our most […]

Quentin Palfrey
Quentin Palfrey is the executive director of J-PAL North America at MIT and a former senior adviser at the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy.