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Modern College Students Face Financial Fragility While Still Valuing Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Student Financial Wellness Survey , released this month by Trellis Strategies, documents the financial wellbeing of over 53,000 students from 104 institutions across 27 states. Basic needs insecurity remains widespread, with 58 percent of respondents experiencing food insecurity, housing insecurity, or homelessness.

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US Department of Education's Failure to Address Food Insecurity Among College Students (Government Accountability Office)

Higher Education Inquirer

Nearly 25% of college students in 2020 reported limited or uncertain access to food. Despite being potentially eligible, most didn't receive Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) benefitsformerly known as "food stamps"which could help them pay for food. GAO was asked to review college student food insecurity.

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Report Examines Fragmented Reentry Services for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Attending College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When the revised Pell Grant regulations went into effect in July 2023, they contained a provision that college in prison programs must now document how they and/or organizations with which they partner provide reentry services. Ess Pokornowski, senior analyst, justice initiatives, for Ithaka S+R and author of the report.

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Education Dept. pushes colleges to act before food aid deadline

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Congress changed requirements in December 2020 as part of a pandemic-relief bill to make it easier for students to access the food assistance program. About 34 percent of college students over all were food insecure, according to the center’s 2020 basic needs survey. “It’s just going to continue to spike.”

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Investing in Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Yoshiko Harden While Scott’s investment in historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is well-documented, her contributions to community colleges have not received as much attention. The Student Research and Advocacy Center at Lee College houses a food pantry. But such was the case at many two-year schools across the U.S.

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Report Tracks the NCAA’s Progress Toward Gender Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When huge disparities were exposed between the 2021 Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments, ranging from workout facilities to food to swag bags, the NCAA retained the law firm of Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP to examine gender equity issues throughout the organization. Division I men’s and women’s basketball were not included.

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How Universities Can Support Undocumented Students as Federal Policies Continue to Threaten Them

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2019, Oglethorpe partnered with TheDream.US , a national scholarship program that helps provide access to a college education for immigrant youth who came to the country at a young age without documentation. Undocumented students make up nearly 10% of Oglethorpe’s degree-seeking student body. As the scholar advisor to TheDream.US