Advocacy and Resources

Reinstating Tests Is a Step Back for Access

More Than Bootstraps President Audrey Fisch explains why the reasons elite colleges give for reinstating their standardized test requirements don’t stand up to scrutiny.

How bureaucracy destroys dreams for first-generation college students

More Than Bootstraps President Audrey Fisch explains how a glitch in the new FAFSA (the Free Application for Federal Student Aid) has to-date locked out students whose parents do not have a Social Security number.

The guaranteed ‘best deal ever’ – the problem with public higher education promises

More Than Bootstraps President Audrey Fisch and Lisa Botshon discuss the dangers of public higher education promises in Maine and New Jersey amid underfunding by states of higher education.

Don’t believe ChatGPT has revolutionary potential for college students? Here’s the proof.

Dr. Audrey Fisch of New Jersey City University and More Than Bootstraps says with this new literacy technology, which comes in the form of an artificial intelligence processor, first-generation students who have to navigate the college system on their own now have the ability to advocate for themselves.

The free tuition fallacy

Dr. Audrey Fisch of New Jersey City University and More Than Bootstraps says free tuition is not free college. If you can’t pay for transportation, books, technology, and food, you can’t succeed in college, even if you live at home rent-free.

Emerging from COVID-19: A moment for education to embrace classroom disruption

MTB President Audrey Fisch explains why it would be a shame if we simply pivot back to our old normal.

We have an opportunity to employ our new-found skills and flexibility to respect and accommodate students’ needs.

COVID-19 laid bare the inequities in Higher Education. Now, we risk losing an entire generation.

MTB President Audrey Fisch calls for policymakers and educational leaders to seize the day and to support our vulnerable yet promising next generation of college graduates.