August 17, 2021
For millions of students from low-income backgrounds, the transition to college or the workforce from high school is a steep, sometimes insurmountable, climb.
JFF VP Joel Vargas in “It’s Time to Blur the Boundaries Between High School, College and Work”
In a recent EdSurge opinion column, JFF Vice President Joel Vargas draws on his personal experiences to make the case for eliminating the boundaries between high school, college, and career preparation—an argument JFF presents in detail in our new report The Big Blur: An Argument for Erasing the Boundaries Between High School, College, and Careers.
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