Back to Home
Education2026-05-01

OPINION: As graduation looms, students need pathways that are practical, affordable and connected to opportunity

For too long, higher education has acted as if learning only counts when it happens inside a classroom. Millions of Americans know otherwise. Opportunity should not require relocation, excessive debt or navigating systems built for someone else’s life. Our nation needs to broaden its definition of

By The Hechinger Report

OPINION: As graduation looms, students need pathways that are practical, affordable and connected to opportunity

For too long, higher education has acted as if learning only counts when it happens inside a classroom

Millions of Americans know otherwise

Opportunity should not require relocation, excessive debt or navigating systems built for someone else’s life

Our nation needs to broaden its definition of