Kenyari Sawyer, 17, is a 4.0 student at Monroe Comprehensive High School in Albany. She's currently in the dual enrollment program at Albany State University majoring in criminal justice and says she wants to become a defense attorney.
The number of students filling out the Fafsa form has fallen in the pandemic, and the form is used to determine who gets federal Pell Grants, which are aimed at the needy.
Understanding the link between selectivity and racial inequity in college admissions is one of several key strategies in dismantling long-standing and system barriers to college access.
If the pandemic has taught the ed-tech market anything in the past 18 months, it's that educational technology must be able to adapt its programs, platforms, and processes in nearly real time as things change.