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Abigail Seldin

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  • Co-Founder, Civic Mapping Initiative
New Hampshire, Washington, D.C.
As seen in: CNN, Forbes, HuffPost, The Hill, Salon, Inside Higher Ed, RealClear Politics, New America, The Hechinger Report
Chief Growth @ScholAmerica. Cofounder @shsfunds, Civic Mapping Initiative (acquired 2023), College Abacus (acquired 2014). Rhodes Scholar. Coffee drinker.

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Abigail Seldin is CEO of the Seldin/Haring-Smith Foundation (SHSF), which focuses on access to public services and accountability for abuse of authority. Under her leadership, SHSF broke the story on sex trafficking in higher education on the front-page of USAToday, launched a partnership with Getty Images to create new stock photos of today’s college students, and published new data on transit inaccessibility that has generated bipartisan legislation. SHSF’s grant-making portfolio has generate…

Abigail Seldin’s Journalist Portfolio

A Sex Trafficking Operation of a School?

A Sex Trafficking Operation of a School?

This month, our foundation published a research report about one particular massage school because it shows w…

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Students should be allowed to buy cars with financial aid

Students should be allowed to buy cars with financial aid

As lawmakers sharpen their attention on infrastructure, much of the conversation focuses on reducing reliance…

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Taking the guesswork out of financial aid appeals

Taking the guesswork out of financial aid appeals

This week, the Senate HELP committee will hold a hearing focused on how colleges and universities can reopen …

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Are community colleges transit accessible?

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By Abigail Seldin, Ellie Bruecker, Matthew Crespi
| acct.org
At the Seldin/Haring-Smith Foundation (SHSF), we invest in solutions that expand equitable access to public services and support accountability for abuse of authority. We look for high-risk, high-impact opportunities to change the public conversation around a particular issue – or drive policy change.
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A Sex Trafficking Operation or a School?

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By Abigail Seldin
| RealClear Politics
In 2019, a local business-licensing office in suburban Minneapolis noticed a pattern with applicants from a nearby school’s massage therapy program. Two graduates worked at a massage parlor listed on Rubmaps (a website notorious for listing spas offering sex or sexual services). Another seven graduates had lost their licenses for “ties to prostitution/sex trafficking” — according to the specific wording from the licensing office.
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Civic Nation BrandVoice: Appealing Financial Aid In Times Of COVID-19

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By Abigail Seldin
| Forbes Verified
“SwiftStudent really helps out, especially being the first in my family to go through this.” “My appeal ended up gaining me $1500 from my university, and an added $1500 to cover educational costs. SwiftStudent empowered me to help myself during COVID-19, I am so grateful!” Student studying on campus Dianne Avery Photography In the fourteen months since we launched SwiftStudent, my inbox has been graced with notes like these from students who have used our foundation’s free tool.
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