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Lawrence Lanahan

Lawrence Lanahan is the author of ‘The Lines Between Us: Two Families and a Quest to Cross Baltimore’s Racial Divide.”

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The new labor market: No bachelor’s required?

Avatar photo by Lawrence Lanahan July 8, 2022July 8, 2022

Troy Groom, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was browsing social media this spring when he read something that made him perk up: Gov. Larry Hogan announced in March that the state government would strip bachelor’s degree requirements from thousands of job listings. This story also appeared in The Washington Post Groom, who was once enrolled at Bowie […]

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‘It’s just too much’: Why students are abandoning community colleges in droves

Avatar photo by Lawrence Lanahan January 15, 2021February 9, 2022
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What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

Avatar photo by Lawrence Lanahan May 4, 2019April 8, 2021
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