PeerForward CEO, Gary Z. Linnen, was interviewed by Rick Hess, a resident senior fellow and director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, for Education Week. Among the topics discussed were PeerForward’s impact, affirmative action, and the PeerForward model:
“In an era of concerns about college affordability and connecting low-income high schoolers to postsecondary opportunities, Washington-based PeerForward helps thousands of mostly minority, mostly low-income students each year seek options beyond high school and tap the resources to take advantage of them. In 2021–22, PeerForward served 13,000 high school seniors and unlocked $96 million in financial aid. Given the timeliness of their work, I reached out to CEO Gary Linnen. Here’s what he had to say…”
