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Sara Goldrick-Rab

What Congress Could Do to Keep More College Students Enrolled

This fall I received desperate messages from many of my students at Temple University, Philadelphia’s public university. They wanted to know where they could find help catching up on bills, and described having to choose between rent, groceries, and gas. Five of my undergraduates lost a family member to COVID-19.A college education is more essential than ever to economic stability.