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‘That’s Not a Gap Year. That’s Just Not Going to College’: COVID-19 Erodes Equity Gains of First-Generation 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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‘That’s Not a Gap Year. That’s Just Not Going to College’: COVID-19 Erodes Equity Gains of First-Generation College-Goers

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