Affordability, college readiness concerns point to expanding early college, advocates say
As the coronavirus pandemic threatens to widen college completion gaps, advocates say the present moment calls for greater state investments in early college programs. Those programs, which give students a chance to take courses for college credit before receiving their high school diploma, provide a key strategy for addressing preexisting and pandemic-exacerbated struggles related to college affordability and access, observers say. The pandemicâs economic impact further has fueled fears over increasing affordability struggles, and concerns over possible learning loss in the past year ha...
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