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McClure Foundation urges modest update to Higher Education Trust Fund to benefit colleges serving low‑income students
Summary
Rebecca Copan of the McClure Foundation told the House Education Committee that modest statutory modernization of the Higher Education Trust Fund could better direct aid to institutions serving large numbers of low‑income students and described the foundation’s 'free degree promise' pilot.
Rebecca Copan, associate director at the McClure Foundation, testified to the House Education Committee on April 7 about the foundation's investments in career‑connected postsecondary pathways and urged a limited statutory change to the Higher Education Trust Fund distribution.
Copan described the foundation’s work supporting career pathways, community college persistence and a pilot called the free degree promise, which the foundation said…
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