Audrey Fisch
President of More Than Bootstraps, Professor of English, New Jersey City University
Chapter Member: New Jersey-Philadelphia SSN
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About Audrey
Fisch's research focuses on access and success for first-generation college students. Overarching themes in Fisch's writings include the free tuition fallacy and inequality in higher education
Contributions
In the News
Opinion: "Reinstating Tests Is a Step Back for Access," Audrey Fisch, Inside Higher Ed, March 20, 2024.
Opinion: "How Bureaucracy Destroys Dreams for First-Generation College Students," Audrey Fisch, The Hill, February 8, 2024.
Opinion: "Don’t Believe ChatGPT Has Revolutionary Potential For College Students? Here’s the Proof," Audrey Fisch, Opinion, Squarespace, February 19, 2023.
Opinion: "The Free Tuition Fallacy," Audrey Fisch, Star Ledger Guest Columnist, True Jersey, July 5, 2021.
Opinion: "COVID-19 Laid Bare the Inequities in Higher Education. Now, We Risk Losing an Entire Generation," Audrey Fisch, The Hill, September 18, 2020.
Publications
"Rethinking Class Introductions" Proquest 48, no. 2 (2020): 239-249.
Discusses a classroom activity of introductions to create connections and community and support the success of all students. Represents a critical site of vulnerability for first-generation students.