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New research offers hope to first-generation college grads

The Hechinger Report

But data released from the statistics division of the U.S. Department of Education earlier this month points out that a college education can still be a lever of social mobility. Nearly 36 percent of undergraduates who began college in 2003-04 were students whose parents had never attended college at all.

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When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class

The Hechinger Report

trillion, according to the Federal Reserve, compared with less than $250 billion in 2003. This story about middle class mobility was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Outstanding student loan debt now tops $1.5

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