AAUW Naperville Area invites you to Student Debt: Facts, Resources, and Ways to Avoid, a timely program on the impact of student debt, especially on women — and strategies to manage education funding. Our speaker, Dr. Linda Dagradi, is a college counseling graduate program instructor and senior enrollment services consultant.
Register in advance for this free virtual community program, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, 7 PM CST.
The college enrollment decision process is a complex one. For many students, the issues of costs and funding resources are complicating factors that may limit their access to a college that fits their needs or to any college at all. Personally and professionally, Dr. Dagradi is committed to the ideals of equity and access to higher education. She believes that as a nation, we face serious challenges to access based on rising costs, increasingly needy students, and public policy that does not adequately prioritize funding for higher education.
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Dr. Linda Dagradi
Dr. Linda Dagradi currently works as an instructor in UCLA Extension’s College Counseling Certificate Program and as a Senior Enrollment Management Consultant with Higher Ed Strategies LLC. She has served as a financial aid services director or associate VP at four independent colleges: Elms College, Springfield College, Smith College, and American International College, and she worked as a regional educational manager for the College Board. She also spent several years working in and around public education, as a high school guidance director, training consultant, teacher, alternative school counselor, and community volunteer.
Dr. Dagradi holds an Ed.D. in Educational Research and Administration from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a CAGS and M.Ed. in Counseling from Springfield (MA) College.