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URL:https://debtcollective.org/event/college-for-all-jubilee-school-kickof
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SUMMARY:College for All Jubilee School: Kickoff
DESCRIPTION:In the United States\, higher education has been careening towa
 rd collapse as a result of state and federal disinvestment\, institutional
  segregation\, the erosion of academic labor\, plutocratic governance\, an
 d the explosion of for-profit higher education that cynically leverages Am
 ericans' lack of time and opportunity. As a result\, public support for co
 lleges and universities is eroding. We must fight back to win tuition free
  public college\, dignified labor conditions\, academic freedom\, and debt
  cancellation.\n\nJoin us as we unpack these problems and their solutions 
 (together with our partners at HELU) weekly in Spring 2026. We will welcom
 e speakers who are experts in each of these problems\, as well as those wo
 rking towards policy solutions to them\, including College for All\, a fed
 eral bill that would make public colleges and universities tuition free.\n
 \nThis kickoff session will cover why we should care about free college at
  this moment and will provide more information about this series\, which w
 ill continue through May 2026. We hope to see you there!\n\nSpeakers will 
 include:\n\n 	Mark Huelsman\, who is the Director of Policy &amp\; Advocac
 y at The Hope Center for Student Basic Needs\, where he focuses on federal
  policy efforts to modernize higher education and safety net policies to s
 upport students' basic needs and improve college affordability. He also cu
 rrently serves as a Senior Fellow with Protect Borrowers\, a nonprofit org
 anization fighting to build an economy where debt doesn’t limit opportun
 ity. Mark's writing and work have been featured in The New York Times\, Th
 e Washington Post\, CNN\, Slate\, Vox\, Marketwatch\, The Nation\, The Gua
 rdian\, Inside Higher Ed\, the New Republic\, The American Prospect\, The 
 Hill\, and U.S. News and World Report. In 2016\, he was named to Politico 
 Magazine's Politico 50 guide to the thinkers\, doers and visionaries trans
 forming American politics for his role in sparking a national policy conve
 rsation around debt-free college.\n
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