An Educator’s View: My 12th-Graders Are Mostly First-Generation, Low-Income Students Hit Hard by COVID-19. 3 Ways Colleges Can Help Them

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                <h1>An Educator’s View: My 12th-Graders Are Mostly First-Generation, Low-Income Students Hit Hard by COVID-19. 3 Ways Colleges Can Help Them</h1>

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                <p class="sans">By <a rel="author" href="https://www.the74million.org/contributor/carlene-huard/">Carlene Huard</a></p>

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