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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This moment inspired Joshua Jackson and Dayshawn Louden, then student leaders at Compton College, to begin campaigning and advocating for student housing and increased basic needs on campus. I said, well be the first ones to build housing, and sometimes you have to dream. Compton is the model for that.

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Paul Quinn College to Create an Innovative Housing Model and a Mixed-Use Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sorrell Sorrell said that the grant will launch a campus housing initiative that will eventually be accompanied by a larger mixed-use development that includes student and family housing, retail and restaurant spaces, parks, outdoor meeting areas, and classroom facilities—all designed to serve both the campus and the surrounding community.

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HBCUs are getting creative to meet growing student housing demand

University Business

Historically Black colleges and universities have been embroiled in a student housing crisis for decades. The post HBCUs are getting creative to meet growing student housing demand appeared first on University Business. Now, some are getting creative to address the problem. Read more on NBC News.

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UK student housing reaching ‘crisis point’ as bad as 1970s, charity warns

The Guardian Higher Education

Growing numbers of students are experiencing hidden homelessness or accepting poor accommodation Student housing is reaching a “crisis point” not seen since the 1970s, when students slept in sports halls and their cars, and is set to worsen in the new year, a charity has warned.

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Roompact’s “Top 10” Most Popular Content of 2023

Roompact

Every year, Roompact puts out a ton of content on topics of interest to college student housing and residence life professionals. Come take a look at our most viewed content of 2023. This year included nearly 200 new posts, including 45 new podcast episodes and 4 webinars. Our top two most popular new posts of.

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Forging Strategic Partnerships

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

John Pierre In 2023, the Southern University System Board of Supervisors selected Pierre to serve as the interim executive vice president for the Southern’s Baton Rouge Campus and named him chancellor six months later. “We Like so many other HBCUs, Pierre says Southern has its share of challenges like student housing.

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Unapologetic Leadership for Black Learner Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At Compton, we put all budgets on the table – every small categorical program, every department, every grant – to pay for what works and will reach the largest number of students. It is why we will be the first community college in Los Angeles County to build affordable student housing on our campus.

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