Lori Severens
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The 1 in 5 podcast vividly profiles students who are parents pursuing their education while raising a family and working. Today, more than one in five...
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Poverty is the result of poor policy choices. These choices reflect our national values and decide who deserves access to opportunity to achieve their...
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A new report released today by Ascend at the Aspen Institute (Ascend) takes stock of the two-generation (2Gen) field. It analyzes what has been accomp...
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Six public entities were selected as strategic partners and field innovators to work with Ascend and achieve a shared goal of promoting postsecondary ...
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Contact: Alexis Williams Ascend at the Aspen Institute alexis.williams@aspeninstitute.org Ascend at the Aspen Institute and Lantigua Williams &a...
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In the last year, families have endured and adapted to myriad unknowns, and too often they’ve had to figure it out without basic support and resourc...