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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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Voices of Student Success: Breaking Down Barriers to Basic Needs Resources

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Rising costs of living and increasing student housing rates have exacerbated college retention efforts as campus leaders look to tackle a rising concern: basic needs insecurity. A lack of essential resources such as food, housing and clothing and general financial strain are two of the top reasons students say they leave college.

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How to Achieve HSI Status: Intentionality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s programming that benefits all students, but in particular focuses on the success of our Hispanic and Latino students.” Northern Arizona University (NAU) received HSI status in 2020, which Dr. José Luis Cruz Rivera, NAU’s president, said was very much intentional.

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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

University Business

His last academic appointment was at Mercy from 2017 to 2020 as the vice president of academic affairs. His $125 million philanthropic campaign helped Alma undergo a series of campus renovations involving student housing, athletic facilities and an opera house.

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President moves: Announcing a surge of hires, including this state flagship

University Business

More from UB: Heres what higher ed can expect from its new education secretary However, Wetstein’s legacy will rest on his swift emergency planning and coordination in 2020, when a devastating double whammy of COVID and wildfires struck Northern California. The president will continue working until the end of the year, Dec.

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New Vanderbilt housing requires income students don't make

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Schaaf’s struggle to find decent housing on a graduate student stipend is unusual neither for Vanderbilt’s graduate students nor for graduate students in cities across the United States. Other universities have turned to hotels , shipping containers and even potentially a barge to house students.

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$100 million: The largest single donation in HBCU history goes to Spelman College

University Business

The remaining $25 million will be used flexibly toward student housing infrastructure, academic curriculum and other “critical needs,” the press release added. Additionally, this donation rivals that of the $120 donated to Spelman, Morehouse, and the United Negro College Fund by the co-founder of Netflix donated in 2020.

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