How college students can bridge American divides: 'Study abroad' in Alabama or New York

Posted on AllSides August 19th, 2019
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Bridging Divides, college students
OPINION

As a college student, I experience the consequences of our polarized nation every day. I attend a university that is more socioeconomically diverse than many, but 57% of my fellow students have family incomes in the top 20%. More than half the students in my class of 2022 are from the blue states of Massachusetts, New York, California, New Jersey and Connecticut. I’ve yet to meet a publicly pro-Trump student on campus.

It’s hard for me and my fellow students to understand our country’s problems and its sources if we...

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/08/19/heal-democracy-bridge-divides-study-abroad-at-home-column/1997298001/

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