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About the Authors Laura W. Perna is the director of the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy (AHEAD) and a professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and is editor and co-­ author of several books, including Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrows Jobs in Metropolitan America: The Policy, Practice, and Research Issues and The State of College Access and Completion: Improving College Success for Students from Underrepresented Groups. Joni E. Finney is a practice professor of education and the director of the Institute for Research on Higher Education (IRHE) at the University of Pennsylvania. She was the principal author of Measuring Up, the first state report cards for higher education, and is co-­author or editor of several books, including Financing American Higher Education in the Era of Globalization. Michael Armijo is a doctoral candidate and an Institute of Education Sciences Predoctoral Fellow in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. Awilda Rodriguez is a Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Center on Higher Education Reform. Jamey Rorison is a doctoral candidate and an Institute of Education Sciences Predoctoral Fellow in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. ...

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