The college-to-early-career pipeline is broken. Here’s how to repair it.
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It’s fashionable these days to dismiss the value of a college degree. But Trinity College in Connecticut changed the financial reality of my life.
My degree enabled me to discover issues and causes that led to a life and career full of passion and purpose. Growing up in a working-class family in western Massachusetts, I had little reason to think this trajectory was possible. But for my better-off Trinity classmates, a degree that led to a career was the expectation.
Originally published: December 23, 2023
Author: Jane Swift
Position: President
Institution: Education at Work
Published by: The Hill