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Mar 30, 2022 Alum in Action: We Can’t Afford Not to Fix Child Care Education Economics Batten alum Maureen Coffey (MPP '21), a policy analyst on the early childhood policy team at Center for American Progress, says that lack of affordable child care costs families, employers and the entire economy. In an op-ed for MarketWatch, Coffey and co-author Hailey Gibbs outline how a comprehensive national approach could solve the problem. Learn more
Jul 21, 2021 Alum in Action: Opening Opportunities in Education Education Dana Laurens (MPP ’10) knows firsthand how much good schools matter. When she was a child, she and her parents immigrated from Trinidad so she could get a better education, and she became the first in her family to go to college. This year, she was named to Washingtonian magazine’s Most Influential People list. Learn more
Aug 13, 2020 Co-Founded by Batten Alum, Hoos Rise Together Welcomes Inaugural First-Gen Cohort Education Leadership Almost a year ago, a group of 19 high school juniors visited the University of Virginia as part of Hoos First Look, a student-run program that gives first-generation and low-income students an all-expenses-paid orientation visit. READ IN UVA TODAY
May 22, 2019 Q&A with Batten Alum Kyaw Khine: Americans – and Employers – are Demanding More Education Than Ever Education More UVA graduates than ever received degrees over the weekend, and they’re not alone. New research from Batten alum Kyaw Khine at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service shows that advanced degrees in the U.S. are on the rise. Q&A: AMERICANS – AND EMPLOYERS – ARE DEMANDING MORE EDUCATION THAN EVER
Aug 05, 2015 MPP Alumna Wins NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Education Leadership Veronica Katz, a doctoral student in the Education Policy doctoral program, has been awarded a National Academy of Education (NAEd) / Spencer 2015 Dissertation Fellowship for $27,500. Learn more