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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

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Contributions

The Guaranteed ‘Best Deal Ever’ – The Problem With Public Higher Education Promises

  • Lisa M. Botshon
Commentary,

In the News

"Reinstating Tests Is a Step Back for Access," Audrey Fisch, Inside Higher Ed, March 20, 2024.
"How Bureaucracy Destroys Dreams for First-Generation College Students," Audrey Fisch, The Hill, February 8, 2024.
"Don’t Believe ChatGPT Has Revolutionary Potential For College Students? Here’s the Proof," Audrey Fisch, Opinion, Squarespace, February 19, 2023.
"The Free Tuition Fallacy," Audrey Fisch, Star Ledger Guest Columnist, True Jersey, July 5, 2021.
"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.