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March 27, 2024
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, the city’s business and academic leaders, and representatives from Braven, a non-profit dedicated to empowering first-generation and other underrepresented college students, […]
October 25, 2023
“In terms of the long-term economic viability of families, I find these numbers terrifying,” said Vivian Cox Fraser, the CEO of the Urban League of […]
October 17, 2023
The offices of the Murphy Administration’s Department of Education have no clocks. That’s the only conclusion one can draw from its current habit of lollygagging […]
September 26, 2023
Barbara Martinez is the new Executive Director of the New Jersey Children’s Foundation. This was first published in Mosaic. When I was 14 years old, […]
September 11, 2023
When parents want to gauge their children’s learning, their first stop is often report cards. Yet a new study from the test company ACT shows […]
January 20, 2023
According to a new study by Populace, Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the way Americans think about education. Instead of placing a very […]
June 27, 2022
Cedric Thorbes is a proud graduate of Morehouse College and most recently a 2021-2022 JerseyCAN New Jersey Teacher Leader Policy Fellow, where he advocated for […]
January 6, 2022
Andrej Gjorgiev is a first-generation immigrant and graduate of Rutgers University-Newark’s Class of 2021. He is currently a Program Manager of Workforce Development at Braven. […]
July 28, 2020
Vincent Marigna is Executive Director of Braven, a career and leadership development accelerator focused on supporting first-generation, low-income college students with securing a strong first […]
February 12, 2020
Braven, a nonprofit founded in 2013 with a mission to empower first-generation college students, particularly low-income students of color, has something to celebrate. According to […]
December 9, 2019
Last week I spoke with Dr. Marcheta P. Evans, the new president of Bloomfield College, whose inauguration is today. Dr. Evans was most recently the […]