MPES Welcomes Harry Holzer and Sandy Baum

Please join MPES for a colloquium talk:

“Making College Work: Pathways to Success for Disadvantaged Students”

Sandy Baum
Senior Fellow
Urban Institute

Harry Holzer
John LaFarge Jr. SJ Professor of Public Policy
Georgetown University

Wednesday, November 1st
3:45-5pm
Annenberg 303

Watch the recording here!

Too many disadvantaged college students in America spend time and money on coursework without graduating or earning credentials, while others earn degrees or certificates that hold little labor market value. Many of these students also struggle to pay for college, and some incur debts they have difficulty repaying. Harry Holzer of Georgetown University and the Urban Institute’s Sandy Baum propose a range of policy solutions aimed at alleviating difficulties faced by too many of America’s college students, including weak academic preparation, financial pressures, and institutional failures that create barriers to success.