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California's Community Colleges See the Benefits of Student Housing

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

So that’s when he and other leadership at IVC began exploring the idea of student housing. Through a pilot program that offered 12 housing insecure students homes in RVs, Johnson said IVC learned a lot of lessons about the difficulties and triumphs of residential management, how to support students, and how to build community.

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Higher ed needs more grit (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Yes, college and university enrollment has fallen, decreasing by almost 7.5 percent since 2019, before the pandemic began. Just six in 10 Americans say college is worth the time and money. And yet, this fall the University of Utah admitted a record class of first-year students for the third year in row. higher education.