217 Today: How one college counselor navigated the year FAFSA broke

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Lavon Robinson leads a discussion about financial aid with a group of juniors at Downers Grove South High School, where he was a college counselor. WBEZ shadowed Robinson last school year, an especially difficult one for college admissions.
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Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Today’s headlines:

  • Early voting begins this week in Illinois.
  • Illinois’ efforts to ban certain food additives could get attention at a Food and Drug Administration hearing this week.
  • Egg prices have spiked in recent months because of bird flu. 

In today’s deep dive, we’ll learn more about the experience of a high school counselor who helped students navigate college admissions last school year.

217 Today is produced by Stephanie Mosqueda. Reporting today contributed by Kulsoom Khan, Alex Degman, Héctor Alejandro Arzate and Lisa Kurian Philip.

 

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Stephanie Mosqueda

Stephanie Mosqueda is a senior majoring in journalism at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with minors in Spanish and public relations. She is the 217 Today producer and a reporter for the Illinois Student Newsroom.