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Illinois: COVID-19 Is Eroding Gains Made by First-Gen College-Goers

Jacob Williams, a 2019 high school graduate from Chicago and aspiring tech worker, recently had to drop out of college because of the financial pressures of COVID-19 on his family. (OneGoal)
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Richard Whitmire is the author of several books, most recently “The B.A. Breakthrough: How Ending Diploma Disparities Can Change the Face of America.” Whitmire is a member of the Journalism Advisory Board of The 74.

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