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Transforming America’s Community Colleges: A Federal Policy Proposal To Expand Opportunity and Promote Economic Prosperity

Education, Economic Mobility, U.S. Economic Growth, U.S. Higher Education

Sara Goldrick-Rab, Assistant Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Sociology, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Douglas N. Harris, Associate Professor of Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Christopher Mazzeo, Associate Director for Policy and Outreach, Consortium on Chicago School Research
Gregory Kienzl, Institute for Higher Education Policy

The Brookings Institution

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