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Fewer Students of Color from Underserved Backgrounds Want to Go to College. Here's Why

March 10, 2023

This story includes insights from ECMC Group’s Question The Quo survey of students from underserved populations and from panels on which ECMC Group experts participated at the SXSW EDU conference. The panelists discussed the importance of opening the aperture on the many postsecondary education pathways available to students and taking a student-first approach to learning and workforce development.

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