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As soaring higher education costs and student debt disproportionately burden Black families, tuition-free workforce programs offer a vital pathway to economic mobility. By equipping Black students with high-paying trade skills without debt, initiatives like UDC’s build sustainable wealth and financial independence.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Marcus Bruce leaned against the tables where he and his carpentry students paused to answer questions from local middle schoolers on a recent tour of the University of the District of Columbia’s workforce campus. The young students didn’t hold back: “What happens to student loans? Will they take it from your check […]

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