#  Talks and Media 

 



## Recent Commentary and Op Eds

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- "[Recent Actions Related to Education & DEI: Clarifying the Issues](https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Dws9gUaQhMBTDSC3HfGwPSLQZwKpE25/view?usp=sharing)." February 19, 2025.
- “[How to Ensure This Isn't a Lost Year for America's Kids](https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/03/17/ensuring-this-isnt-a-lost-year-for-kids-from-harvard-dean/).” *The Washington Post*, Mar. 17, 2021.
- “[COVID and Education: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Future of Learning.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KlzTEl8ATo)” Imagine Solutions Forum, Feb. 22, 2021.
- "[Pivot](https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/ed/20/11/bridget-long)." *Ed Magazine*, Fall 2020.
- "[Why I Vote.](https://medium.com/@BridgetTerryLong/why-i-vote-982b906486b1)" *Medium*, October 19, 2020.
- "[Education in Uncertain Times](https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/20/10/harvard-edcast-education-uncertain-times)." *The Harvard EdCast*, October 16, 2020.
- "[Dear Students: We Are Strong as a Community, Even When Distant.](https://medium.com/@BridgetTerryLong/dear-students-we-are-strong-as-a-community-even-when-distant-3051ddefb3ef)" *Medium*, September 29, 2020.
- “[FAFSA: Ask any college student. The federal student aid application is needlessly complex](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/12/05/fafsa-ask-any-college-student-federal-student-aid-application-column/2598151001/).” With Kim Cook, Kristin Hultquist, and Judith Scott-Clayton. USA Today, December 5, 2019.

## Recent Press and News Stories

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NBC Education Nation, JFK Library (2017)- "[Taking best of innovations, lessons of pandemic education](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/03/taking-best-of-innovations-lessons-of-pandemic-education/)." Harvard Gazette, March 9, 2022.
- "[Helping Students Plan How to Pay for College Is More Important Than Ever: Schools Can Help.](https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/helping-students-plan-how-to-pay-for-college-is-more-important-than-ever-schools-can-help/2021/10)" *Education Week*, October 18, 2021.
- "[Class of COVID: 2021's Graduates Are Struggling More and Feeling the Stress.](https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/class-of-covid-2021s-graduates-are-struggling-more-and-feeling-the-stress/2021/10)" *Education Week*, October 18, 2021.
- "[To Repair This Imperfect World.](https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2021/09/2021-hilt-conference)" *Harvard Magazine*, September 29, 2021.
- "[The Edge: New Takes on College Access, Rural Students, and Transfer.](https://www.chronicle.com/newsletter/the-edge/2021-07-28)" *The Chronicle of Higher Education*, July 28, 2021.
- "[This Is Not a Good Time to Fall Off the College Track. Students Are Doing It Anyway.](https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/this-is-not-a-good-time-to-fall-off-the-college-track-students-are-doing-it-anyway/2021/03)" *Education Week*, March 9, 2021.
- "[The Edge: What's Different About This Recession and Why That Matters to Higher Ed.](https://www.chronicle.com/newsletter/the-edge/2021-02-17)" *The Chronicle of Higher Education*, February 17, 2021.
- "[Business Executives Band Together to Promote Early Childhood Programs.](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/02/08/business/business-executives-band-together-promote-early-childhood-programs/?p1=StaffPage)" *The Boston Globe*, February 8, 2021.