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  "path": "/opinion-the-real-college-crisis-isnt-enrollment-its-completion-and-its-time-to-start-asking-why/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-22T05:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://hechingerreport.org",
  "tags": [
    "Higher Education",
    "Opinion",
    "Career pathways and economic mobility",
    "College to careers",
    "Data and research",
    "Higher education access",
    "Higher education affordability",
    "Higher education completion",
    "OPINION: The real college crisis isn’t enrollment. It’s completion, and it’s time to start asking why",
    "The Hechinger Report"
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  "textContent": "Imagine a student who starts taking college courses while still in high school through a dual-enrollment program. By the time they arrive on campus as a first-year student, they already have credits completed. They are the first in their family to attend a four-year institution. Focused. Capable. Working part-time to help support things at home. […]\n\nThe post OPINION: The real college crisis isn’t enrollment. It’s completion, and it’s time to start asking why appeared first on The Hechinger Report.",
  "title": "OPINION: The real college crisis isn’t enrollment. It’s completion, and it’s time to start asking why"
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