{"id":4271,"date":"2015-11-04T07:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T07:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/college-bound-sisters-higher-education-for-sisters-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2024-08-07T23:18:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T23:18:10","slug":"college-bound-sisters-higher-education-for-sisters-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/college-bound-sisters-higher-education-for-sisters-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"College-bound Sisters: Higher Education for Sisters in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>College-bound Sisters: Higher Education for Sisters in 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