It’s difficult for adults who live at or below the poverty level to attend college. That’s something Emily Auerbach wants to change. Auerbach, an English professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, serves as the director of the Odyssey Project, which provides a free college course for adults who are overcoming adversity. That one course, she says, followed up with practical help toward completing a college education, has transformed many lives. “We have students who have gone from being homeless to having UW master’s degrees, who were incarcerated and are now working in the community,” she says.
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