Episode 42: Celeste Suris Rosselli and DJ Meehan on College Access in Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico is subject to a number of unique barriers to accessing college whether they leave the island or stay. These barriers simply don’t exist for any other US state or territory and are a direct result of its colonial relationship with the United States. It’s an issue close to my own heart and something that I’m really glad to try to emphasize in our national debate about college access along with my guests today, longtime college access professionals and current college counselors in Puerto Rico, Celeste Suris-Rosselli and DJ Meehan.

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If you want to join our brand-spankin’ new NACAC SIG dedicated to college access in Puerto Rico, here’s an interest form you can fill out. You don’t have to be a NACAC member to join the SIG.

Below are some articles and things mentioned in the episode that are worth reviewing to build a little context for this conversation.

In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college (Hechinger Report)

Foreign in a Domestic Sense: Puerto Rico’s College Admissions Process (Roberto Jimenez)

Puerto Rico governor Ricardo Rosselló scandal timeline (CNN)

Bad Bunny on Jimmy Fallon

Julia Kelleher arrested for fraud (CBS News)

Julia Kelleher defends her tenure in Puerto Rico (Chalkbeat)

More on Julia Kelleher (Remezcla)

Only $4m of $80m allocated to UPR has been disbursed (Tweet by David Begnaud)

And of course, all of this and more can be found at www.crushpodcast.com/puerto-rico

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