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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 pandemic’s economic impact further has fueled fears over increasing affordability struggles, and concerns over possible learning loss in the past year ha...

New Dunn Museum exhibit highlights women's roles in the military New Dunn Museum exhibit highlights women's roles in the military Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber, a Lake Forest High School graduate, is part of the Inspiration Wall in the "Breaking Barriers: Women in the Military" exhibit at the Dunn Museum in Libertyville. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Academy The Dunn Museum in Libertyville. Courtesy John Weinstein   Updated 4/29/2021 12:08 PM Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber, a graduate of Lake Forest High School, was named the first Black woman to serve as brigade comm...