# Sara Goldrick-Rab > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sara_Goldrick-Rab > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sara_Goldrick-Rab.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Goldrick-Rab > Source revision: 1356678946 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American professor, sociologist, and author}} {{infobox academic | image =Sara Goldrick-Rab 2016.jpg | caption = Goldrick-Rab, 2016 | occupation = Professor | alma_mater = [University of Pennsylvania](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania) | discipline = [Sociologist of education](/source/Sociology_of_education) | workplaces = [University of Wisconsin–Madison](/source/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison) (2004-2016), [Temple University](/source/Temple_University) (2016-2022) }} '''Sara Youcha Goldrick-Rab''' is an American professor, sociologist, and author. Goldrick-Rab was most recently the Professor of Sociology and Medicine at [Temple University](/source/Temple_University) until she resigned in August 2022,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=June 15, 2020|title=Sara Goldrick-Rab|url=https://hope4college.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Goldrick-Rab-6.15.20-Abbreviated.pdf|access-date=July 19, 2020|website=Hope Center for College|archive-date=September 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904110923/https://hope4college.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Goldrick-Rab-6.15.20-Abbreviated.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab to Join College of Education Faculty|url=http://education.temple.edu/news/dr-sara-goldrick-rab-join-college-education-faculty|website=Temple University College of Education|accessdate=25 June 2016}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Bio – Sara Goldrick-Rab|url=http://saragoldrickrab.com/aboutsara/|access-date=2020-07-19|website=Sara Goldrick-Rab|language=en-US}} the Founding Director of The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=25 June 2020|title=Sara Goldrick-Rab|url=https://hope4college.com/sara-goldrick-rab/|access-date=July 19, 2020|website=The Hope Center}} the founder and Board Secretary of Believe in Students,{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=http://believeinstudents.org/index.php/about-us-2/|access-date=2020-07-21|website=Believe in Students|date=29 March 2020 |language=en-US}} and the Chief Strategy Officer for Emergency Aid of Edquity.{{Cite web|last=Goldrick-Rab|first=Sara|date=2019-11-21|title=Fighting student poverty requires help from an imperfect ally: The private sector {{!}} Opinion|url=https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/college-student-poverty-hunger-cash-assistance-20191121.html|access-date=2020-07-20|website=The Philadelphia Inquirer|language=en-US}} A [sociologist](/source/Sociology) of higher education, Goldrick-Rab's research focuses on policies that aim to reduce socioeconomic and racial inequalities.{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.finaidstudy.org/biography.html|website=Wisconsin Scholars Longitudinal Study|accessdate=25 January 2015}} She received the [American Educational Research Association](/source/American_Educational_Research_Association) (AERA) Early Career Award in 2014,{{cite web|title=AERA Announces 2014 Award Winners in Education Research|url=http://www.aera.net/Newsroom/News-Releases-and-Statements/AERA-Announces-2014-Award-Winners-in-Education-Research|website=American Educational Research Association|accessdate=30 November 2017}} the 2018 [Grawemeyer Award](/source/Grawemeyer_Award) for Education,{{cite web|last1=Cappiello|first1=Janet|title=Sara Goldrick-Rab wins Grawemeyer Award in Education|url=http://uoflnews.com/releases/sara-goldrick-rab-wins-grawemeyer-award-in-education/|website=U of L News|publisher=University of Louisville|accessdate=30 November 2017}} and a Carnegie Fellowship in 2018.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-04-25|title=Sara Goldrick-Rab wins Temple's first-ever Carnegie Fellowship|url=https://news.temple.edu/news/2018-04-25/education-professor-sara-goldrick-rab-wins-carnegie-fellowship|access-date=2020-07-19|website=Temple Now {{!}} news.temple.edu}} == Early life and education == Goldrick-Rab grew up in [Fairfax, Virginia](/source/Fairfax%2C_Virginia), a suburb of [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.) She describes herself as an "[East Coast](/source/East_Coast_of_the_United_States) Jewish woman" who was "taught to be outspoken and forthright." Goldrick Rab attended, and graduated from, [Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology](/source/Thomas_Jefferson_High_School_for_Science_and_Technology).{{Cite web|last1=Goldrick-Rab|first1=Sara|last2=Levy Thompson|first2=Saskia|date=May 7, 2020|title=Sara Goldrick-Rab on Making College More Successful for Students|url=https://www.carnegie.org/topics/topic-articles/student-success/sara-goldrick-rab-making-college-more-successful-students/|access-date=July 19, 2020|website=Carnegie Corporation of New York}} Goldrick-Rab graduated from [George Washington University](/source/George_Washington_University) with a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in sociology in 1998, and from the [University of Pennsylvania](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania) with a [Master of Arts](/source/Master_of_Arts) in sociology in 2001 and a [Ph.D.](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) in sociology in 2004. == Career == === University of Wisconsin-Madison professorship === She intended to pursue a career in applied research until she was encouraged to apply for a position in higher education policy and sociology at the [University of Wisconsin–Madison](/source/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison). Goldrick-Rab accepted the position in 2004 with the intent to make Wisconsin colleges more accessible. Her scholarship focuses on postsecondary access and equity, with particular emphasis on financial aid and community colleges. In a study with University of Wisconsin economist Douglas Harris, Goldrick-Rab explored outcomes of low-income students receiving supplemental grants{{cite news|last1=Ziff|first1=Deborah|title=A Study on Grant Students: Big Donor for Grants Prompted the Project|url=http://host.madison.com/news/local/a-study-on-grant-students-big-donor-for-grants-prompted/article_a1689412-c429-5708-b950-4e0013e5f245.html|accessdate=25 January 2015|work=Wisconsin State Journal|date=July 27, 2008}} and found that the grants benefitted comparatively disadvantaged students most, such as first-generation college students with lower ACT scores.{{cite news|last1=Ziff|first1=Deborah|title=Study: Aid Helps Least Likely to Succeed; Students with Lower Grades Stayed in School Longer If They Received Morgridge Grants|url=http://host.madison.com/news/local/education/university/study-financial-aid-most-helpful-to-students-unlikely-to-succeed/article_2579bd20-a8d5-11e0-83f2-001cc4c03286.html|accessdate=25 January 2015|work=Wisconsin State Journal|date=July 8, 2011}}{{cite news|last1=Supiano|first1=Becky|title=Students Least Likely to Persist Benefit Most From Extra Financial Aid, Study Finds|url=http://chronicle.com/article/Students-Least-Likely-to/128159/|accessdate=25 January 2015|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education|date=July 7, 2011}} In an early study of Single Stop, an on-campus program that connects community college students to government services, Goldrick-Rab found that participant retention improved.{{cite news|last1=Rosenberg|first1=Tina|title=For Striving Students, a Connection to Money|url=http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/26/the-system-when-it-works/|accessdate=25 January 2015|work=The New York Times|date=March 26, 2014}} Goldrick-Rab served as the lead author of the [Brookings Institution](/source/Brookings_Institution)'s 2009 “Transforming America's Community Colleges” report. Many of its recommendations were included in President [Barack Obama](/source/Barack_Obama)’s American Graduation Initiative later that year.{{cite news|last1=Jackson|first1=Derrick|title=Community Colleges' New Clout|access-date=25 January 2015|work=Boston Globe|date=July 18, 2009|url=http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/07/18/community_colleges_new_clout/}} She served on a [Century Foundation](/source/Century_Foundation) community college equity task force, whose 2013 report recommended more funding for community colleges and reduction of economic and racial stratification between community colleges and four-year universities.{{cite news|last1=Leonhardt|first1=David|title=Though Enrolling More Poor Students, 2-Year Colleges Get Less of Federal Pie|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/education/2-year-colleges-getting-a-falling-share-of-spending.html|accessdate=25 January 2015|work=The New York Times|date=May 22, 2013}} As part of the report, Goldrick-Rab co-authored a background paper with Peter Kinsley that highlighted disparities between predominantly white community colleges and those with predominantly minority enrollment. On April 16, 2013, Goldrick-Rab testified before the [United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions](/source/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Health%2C_Education%2C_Labor_and_Pensions) regarding the challenge of college affordability,{{cite web|title=Testimony of Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab|url=http://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Goldrick-Rab.pdf|website=Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, United States Senate|accessdate=25 January 2015|date=April 16, 2013}} which impacted federal legislation on financial aid limits for working students. In April 2014, Goldrick-Rab and Nancy Kendall released a [Lumina Foundation](/source/Lumina_Foundation)-funded report that advocated for a free two-year college option. The proposal called for all students to receive two free years of education at a public college or university, including most living expenses, in exchange for fifteen hours per week of work-study employment.{{cite web|last1=Goldrick-Rab|first1=Sara|last2=Kendall|first2=Nancy|title=Redefining College Affordability: Securing America's Future with a Free Two Year College Option|url=http://www.luminafoundation.org/files/publications/ideas_summit/Redefining_College_Affordability.pdf|publisher=Lumina Foundation|accessdate=25 January 2015|date=April 2014}} ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'' cited the report as a “clear influence on the Obama plan” for free community college introduced during the [2015 State of the Union Address](/source/2015_State_of_the_Union_Address).{{cite news|last1=Leonhardt|first1=David|title=Obama's Community-College Plan: A Reading List|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/10/upshot/obamas-community-college-plan-a-reading-list.html?abt=0002&abg=0|accessdate=25 January 2015|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|date=January 9, 2015}} ''[The Chronicle of Higher Education](/source/The_Chronicle_of_Higher_Education)'' similarly included Goldrick-Rab first on their list of people who influenced the plan.{{cite news|last1=Mangan|first1=Katherine|last2=Supiano|first2=Becky|title=The Players Who Influenced Obama's Free-College Plan|url=http://chronicle.com/article/The-Players-Who-Influenced/151145/|accessdate=25 January 2015|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education|date=January 11, 2015}} Goldrick-Rab praised the Tennessee Promise program, the basis for Obama's free community college plan. While she appreciated how it makes college attendance a financial possibility for students, she noted its weakness in not providing for their living expenses.{{cite news|last1=Kelderman|first1=Eric|title=Obama Puts Tennessee's Free-College Plan on a National Stage|url=http://chronicle.com/article/Obama-Puts-Tennessee-s/151081/|accessdate=25 January 2015|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education|date=January 8, 2015}} The plan for two free years of college proposed by Goldrick-Rab and Kendall faced extensive criticism, including concerns about its lack of detail, vague definitions of length, and apparent focus on full-time students.{{cite news|last1=Reed|first1=Matt|title=Thoughts on F2CO|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions-community-college-dean/thoughts-f2co|work=Confessions of a Community College Dean (Inside Higher Ed blog)|date=April 21, 2014}} David Breneman, an economics of education professor at the University of Virginia, described the plan as “not realistic”.{{cite news|last1=Marcus|first1=Jon|title=Two New Proposals Would Make College Free Nationwide|url=https://time.com/?post_type=money_article&p=2974143|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729214851/http://time.com/money/2974143/proposals-college-free-moneys-best-colleges/|url-status=live|archive-date=July 29, 2014|access-date=25 January 2015|work=Money}} Robert Kelchen, assistant professor at Seton Hall University, called the proposal "unworkable" given its removal of federal financial aid for students attending private universities.{{cite web|last1=Kelchen|first1=Robert|title=The 2014 Top Ten Higher Education List|url=https://kelchenoneducation.wordpress.com/2014/12/14/the-2014-top-ten-higher-education-list/|website=Kelchen on Education|accessdate=25 January 2015|date=December 14, 2014}} Chris Rickert of the ''[Wisconsin State Journal](/source/Wisconsin_State_Journal)'' argued that the plan would shortchange Wisconsin private institutions that enroll and graduate more minority students than [University of Wisconsin System](/source/University_of_Wisconsin_System) schools.{{cite news|last1=Rickert|first1=Chris|title=Extending Welfare to the Well-Off Community College Student|url=http://host.madison.com/news/local/columnists/chris-rickert/chris-rickert-extending-welfare-to-the-well-off-community-college/article_a885ca7e-0c64-58f2-9fe5-01905f725b42.html|accessdate=25 January 2015|work=Wisconsin State Journal|date=April 24, 2014}} Similarly, Minnesota higher education commissioner [Larry Pogemiller](/source/Larry_Pogemiller) emphasized that the plan neglected private institutions, covered only two years of college, and subsidized all students regardless of financial background.{{cite news|last1=Lerner|first1=Maura|title=On Campus Beat: 2 Plans for a Free College Education|url=http://www.startribune.com/local/267251511.html|accessdate=26 January 2015|work=Star Tribune|date=July 15, 2014}} Goldrick-Rab founded the Wisconsin Harvesting Opportunities for Postsecondary Education (HOPE) Lab in May 2014 to test the efficacy of college affordability programs. The lab received $6.5 million in potential funding from the [Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation](/source/Great_Lakes_Higher_Education_Corporation), and additional support from the [Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation](/source/Bill_and_Melinda_Gates_Foundation), the [Kresge Foundation](/source/Kresge_Foundation), the Lumina Foundation, and others. A December 2015 HOPE Lab report noted trends in [food insecurity](/source/food_insecurity) for college students.{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/think-finals-are-tough-real-challenge-for-growing-number-of-college-students-is-getting-enough-to-eat|author=Colarusso, Laura M.|work=The Hechinger Report|title=Think finals are tough? Real challenge for growing number of college students is getting enough to eat|date=4 December 2015|access-date=7 December 2015}} Following her ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'' [op-ed](/source/op-ed), ''[Inside Higher Ed](/source/Inside_Higher_Ed)''{{'s}} Matt Reed commended Goldrick-Rab for the study's focus on student [precarity](/source/precarity) rather than [poverty](/source/poverty) alone.{{cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions-community-college-dean/first-things-first-0|author=Reed, Matt|work=Inside Higher Ed|title=First Things First|accessdate=7 December 2015}} Goldrick-Rab spoke against Wisconsin's elimination of [faculty tenure](/source/tenure) from state statute in July 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/06/01/wisconsin-faculty-incensed-motion-eliminate-tenure-state-statute|title=Wisconsin faculty incensed by motion to eliminate tenure from state statute - InsideHigherEd|work=insidehighered.com|date=June 2015 |accessdate=17 July 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://host.madison.com/news/local/writers/pat_schneider/sara-goldrick-rab-tenure-changes-would-signal-it-s-time/article_f8a3c9ad-8cdb-5361-9d1d-82f08821c6b5.html|title=Sara Goldrick-Rab: Tenure changes would signal it's time to leave UW-Madison|author=Pat Schneider|work=madison.com|accessdate=17 July 2015}} Her subsequent [Twitter](/source/Twitter) activity, in which she compared [the then-state governor](/source/Scott_Walker_(politician)) with [Adolf Hitler](/source/Adolf_Hitler) and discouraged future students from attending the university, drew criticism from conservative news groups.{{cite web|title=Wisconsin Professor's Tweets to New Students Raise Republican Hackles|url=http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/wisconsin-professors-tweets-to-new-students-raise-republican-hackles/102063|website=The Chronicle of Higher Education|date=16 July 2015 |accessdate=16 July 2015}} Madison's Faculty Senate steering committee responded that they were "deeply dismayed" by her actions, which they felt had damaged the principle of [academic freedom](/source/academic_freedom).{{cite web|title=Who Crossed the Line?|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/07/17/debate-escalates-over-twitter-remarks-sara-goldrick-rab-professor-wisconsin-madison|website=Inside Higher Ed|date=17 July 2015 |accessdate=17 July 2015}} Goldrick-Rab left Wisconsin in 2016 to begin an appointment at [Temple University](/source/Temple_University).{{cite news|date=8 March 2016|title=Sara Goldrick-Rab Will Leave Wisconsin for Temple|work=Inside Higher Ed|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2016/03/08/sara-goldrick-rab-will-leave-wisconsin-temple|accessdate=25 June 2016}} In her departure, she criticized the effect of the state's tenure policy on the university's teaching environment. === Temple University professorship === In 2016, Goldrick-Rab accepted a position in higher education policy and sociology at [Temple University](/source/Temple_University) and became the Professor of Higher Education Policy and Sociology at Temple. In 2020, she became the Professor of Sociology and Medicine at Temple. At Temple, Goldrick-Rab founded The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice in 2018,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Hope Center – Sara Goldrick-Rab|url=http://saragoldrickrab.com/research/|access-date=2020-07-19|website=Sara Goldrick-Rab|language=en-US}} and she served as The Hope Center's founding director. The Hope Center, which replaced the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, is an organization that advocates for efforts to ensure that the [basic needs](/source/basic_needs) of higher education students in the United States are met. A major project of The Hope Center is the #RealCollege movement, a movement which seeks to improve the livelihoods of higher education students in the United States by reducing rates of hunger and homelessness among U.S. college students.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=What is #RealCollege?|url=https://hope4college.com/realcollege/|access-date=2020-07-19|website=The Hope Center|language=en-US}} The Hope Center conducts an annual survey and annual conference as part of its #RealCollege initiative. In 2016, Goldrick-Rab founded Believe in Students, a [non-profit organization](/source/Nonprofit_organization) that supports the living expenses of college students in the United States.{{Cite web|title=Our Mission|url=http://believeinstudents.org/index.php/our-mission/|access-date=2020-07-21|website=Believe in Students|language=en-US}} Goldrick-Rab is currently the Board Secretary of Believe in Students. In 2018, Goldrick-Rab accepted a position as the Chief Strategy Officer for Emergency Aid of Edquity. Edquity is a company which uses evidence-based technology to distribute emergency aid to college students in the United States who are facing financial difficulties.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Edquity|url=https://www.edquity.co/|access-date=2020-07-19|website=Edquity}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Emergency Aid|url=https://www.edquity.co/emergency-aid|access-date=2020-07-19|website=Edquity}} Goldrick-Rab appeared in the 2019 [Doc NYC](/source/Doc_NYC) documentary ''Hungry to Learn'',{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Media Coverage – Sara Goldrick-Rab|url=http://saragoldrickrab.com/media/|access-date=2020-07-19|website=|language=en-US}} which was produced by [Soledad O'Brien](/source/Soledad_O'Brien) and Geeta Gandbhir.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Hungry to Learn|url=https://soledadobrienproductions.com/hungerfilm|access-date=2020-07-19|website=Soledad O'Brien Productions|language=en-US}} In 2022 Temple announced an investigation of Goldrick-Rab's leadership of the Hope Center and placed her on administrative leave. {{Cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/04/14/temple-hires-outside-counsel-investigate-hope-center|title=Temple hires outside counsel to investigate Hope Center|date=14 April 2022 }} Goldrick-Rab resigned her position at Temple in August 2022. === As an author === Goldrick-Rab wrote the book ''Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream'',{{cite web|last1=Goldrick-Rab|first1=Sara|title=Paying the Price|url=http://saragoldrickrab.com/books/#payingtheprice|website=Sara Goldrick-Rab|accessdate=4 September 2016}} which was published in 2016. ''Paying the Price'' is about [the high cost of higher education in the United States](/source/Higher_education_in_the_United_States) for college and university students, and how the high cost of higher education in the United States has negatively impacted the lives of those who attend college in the United States. == Awards == She received the [American Educational Research Association](/source/American_Educational_Research_Association) (AERA) Early Career Award in 2014.{{cite web|title=Early Career Award|url=http://www.aera.net/AboutAERA/Awards/EarlyCareerAward/tabid/12779/Default.aspx|accessdate=25 January 2015|website=American Educational Research Association}} In 2016, Goldrick-Rab was listed in the "Politico 50" list published by [''Politico Magazine''](/source/Politico); Goldrick-Rab was listed 13th alongside [Progressive Change Campaign Committee](/source/Progressive_Change_Campaign_Committee) co-founder Adam Green and [Demos](/source/Demos_(U.S._think_tank)) senior policy analyst Mark Huelsman for their work in making proposals to make higher education free for many college and university students in the United States part of the American political mainstream.{{cite web|last1=Lenton|first1=Colin|title=Sara Goldrick-Rab, Adam Green, Mark Huelsman|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/politico50/2016/sara-goldrick-rab-adam-green-mark-huelsman/|access-date=12 September 2016|website=Politico Magazine}} In November 2017, it was announced that Goldrick-Rab won the 2018 [University of Louisville](/source/University_of_Louisville) [Grawemeyer Award](/source/Grawemeyer_Award) for Education, and Goldrick-Rab donated the [$](/source/United_States_Dollar)100,000 cash prize for winning the Grawemeyer Award for Education to a fund designed to help college students with financial emergencies.{{cite web|last1=Snyder|first1=Susan|title=Temple prof donates $100,000 prize to help struggling students|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/education/temple-prof-donates-100000-help-students-20171212.html?amphtml=y|accessdate=15 December 2017|website=Philly.com|publisher=The Philadelphia Inquirer}} In April 2018, the [Carnegie Corporation of New York](/source/Carnegie_Corporation_of_New_York) awarded her a Carnegie Fellowship. == Personal life == Goldrick-Rab married Liam Goldrick, who also works in education policy, in 2005,{{cite news|last1=Price|first1=Jenny|date=Spring 2011|title=Brave New Blogs|pages=26–31|work=On Wisconsin Magazine|url=http://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/features/brave-new-blogs/|accessdate=26 January 2015}}{{cite news|date=June 6, 2005|title=Marriages|work=The Capital Times|url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/api/version1/getDocCui?lni=4GBK-D440-TWDH-R2CT&csi=270944,270077,11059,8411&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn=t&oc=00240&perma=true|accessdate=26 January 2015}} although the couple later divorced.{{cite book|last1=Goldrick-Rab|first1=Sara|title=Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream|date=2016|page=Acknowledgements}} They have two children, a son and a daughter.{{cite news|date=February 5, 2007|title=Births|page=B3|work=The Capital Times|url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/api/version1/getDocCui?lni=4N0F-VP40-TWDH-R2KD&csi=270944,270077,11059,8411&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn=t&oc=00240&perma=true|accessdate=26 January 2015}}{{cite news|date=January 4, 2010|title=Births|page=A4|work=Wisconsin State Journal|url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/api/version1/getDocCui?lni=7XGC-P2P0-Y8YG-1201&csi=270944,270077,11059,8411&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn=t&oc=00240&perma=true|accessdate=26 January 2015}} In 2017, Goldrick-Rab and Howard Strug became engaged,{{cite web|title=RIA # 51: Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab on Planning and Preparing for Media Attention|url=http://ecampus.oregonstate.edu/research/podcast/e51/|accessdate=30 November 2017|website=Oregon State University Ecampus Research Unit|date=20 March 2017|publisher=Oregon State University}} and the couple married later that year.{{cite web|last1=Goldrick-Rab|first1=Sara|title=I got married Saturday night & love my husband @wordman179 for cheering us on #RealCollege all day via text! He's a keeper!|url=https://twitter.com/saragoldrickrab/status/922558623997456385|accessdate=30 November 2017|publisher=twitter.com}} == Selected publications == * Goldrick-Rab, Sara. 2006. "Following Their Every Move: An Investigation of Social-Class Differences in College Pathways." ''[Sociology of Education](/source/Sociology_of_Education)'' 79 (1):67–79. * Goldrick-Rab, Sara. 2010. "Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Community College Student Success." ''[Review of Educational Research](/source/Review_of_Educational_Research)'' 80 (3):437–69. * Goldrick-Rab, Sara. 2016. ''Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream''. [University of Chicago Press](/source/University_of_Chicago_Press). * Kelly, Andrew P. and Sara Goldrick-Rab. 2014. ''Reinventing Financial Aid: Charting a New Course to College Affordability''. Cambridge, MA: [Harvard Education Press](/source/Harvard_Education_Press). * Shaw, Kathleen M., Sara Goldrick-Rab, Christopher Mazzeo, and Jerry A. Jacobs. 2006. ''Putting Poor People to Work: How the Work-First Idea Eroded College Access for the Poor''. [Russell Sage Foundation](/source/Russell_Sage_Foundation). == References == {{Reflist|30em|refs= {{cite web|author1=The Century Foundation Task Force on Preventing Community Colleges from Becoming Separate and Unequal|title=Bridging the Higher Education Divide: Strengthening Community Colleges and Restoring the American Dream|url=http://tcf.org/assets/downloads/20130523-Bridging_the_Higher_Education_Divide-REPORT-ONLY.pdf|publisher=The Century Foundation, Inc.|accessdate=25 January 2015|date=2013}} {{cite news|last1=Schneider|first1=Pat|title=Degrees of Risk: UW-Madison Professor Sara Goldrick-Rab Says College Is a Financial Gamble for Many Students|url=http://host.madison.com/news/local/writers/pat_schneider/degrees-of-risk-uw-madison-s-sara-goldrick-rab-says/article_71710e8a-d792-56ec-afc6-c42405ea933d.html|accessdate=25 January 2015|work=The Capital Times|date=October 29, 2014}} {{cite news|last1=Finkelmeyer|first1=Todd|title=Outspoken Professor Gives Biddy Martin's Plan a Failing Grade|url=http://host.madison.com/news/local/education/campus_connection/outspoken-professor-gives-biddy-martin-s-plan-a-failing-grade/article_81452a4e-7456-11e0-9e9d-001cc4c03286.html|accessdate=25 January 2015|work=The Capital Times|date=May 4, 2011}} {{cite news|last1=Finkelmeyer|first1=Todd|title=UW-Madison Profs Help Shape Bold Initiative for Community Colleges|url=http://host.madison.com/news/local/education/university/uw-madison-profs-help-shape-bold-initiative-for-community-colleges/article_08c44697-6bd2-5f96-a374-842a6c3c9b22.html|accessdate=25 January 2015|work=The Capital Times|date=July 20, 2009}} {{cite web |url=http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/goldrick-rab-to-depart-u-of-wisconsin-citing-faketenure-and-terrified-sheep/109285 |accessdate=March 8, 2016 |title=Sara Goldrick-Rab to Depart U. of Wisconsin, Citing '#FakeTenure' and 'Terrified Sheep' |last1=Troop |first1=Don |date=March 8, 2016 |work=[The Chronicle of Higher Education](/source/The_Chronicle_of_Higher_Education) |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309101656/http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/goldrick-rab-to-depart-u-of-wisconsin-citing-faketenure-and-terrified-sheep/109285 |archivedate=March 9, 2016 |url-status=live }} }} == External links == * {{Official website|eps.education.wisc.edu/eps/people/faculty-and-staff/sara-y-goldrick-rab}} * {{Google Scholar id|fdjKIYAAAAJ}} * [http://www.wihopelab.com/ Wisconsin HOPE Lab] - Laboratory for research on higher education costs founded by Goldrick-Rab{{cite web|title=Wisconsin HOPE Lab: Staff|url=http://www.wihopelab.com/About/staff.html|website=Wisconsin HOPE Lab|accessdate=30 September 2016}} *{{C-SPAN|71266}} {{Portal bar|Biography|Education}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldrick-Rab, Sara}} Category:Jewish American sociologists Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty Category:Temple University faculty Category:People from Fairfax, Virginia Category:Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology alumni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sara Goldrick-Rab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Goldrick-Rab) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Goldrick-Rab?action=history)). 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