Citizen Lobbyists

In tight budget times, colleges recruit and train alumni, parents, and even students as advocates

The evening session at the University of Maryland at College Park starts off like an introductory course. The 15 students take turns stating their names, hometowns, and why they enrolled. The instructor wastes no time, though, and dives into a lecture on the legislative process, a PowerPoint presentation on higher-education appropriations, and how-to videos on talking with state

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