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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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Oakland University, Oakland Community College Pilot Student Housing Initiative

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“The opportunity for OCC students to live on campus at Oakland University is another example of the great partnerships we have that benefits our students,” said Dr. Kimberly Hurns, OCC’s vice chancellor for student services.

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

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This is so much more than a traditional real estate project or campus housing development—it’s a statement about what higher education can be for all of us – those who attend our schools and those who do not,” said Dr. Michael J. College officials added that the development project will expand student housing capacity by 300 percent.

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Spelman College Receives $100M Gift

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The Atlanta-based institution was founded in 1881 and is considered a leading liberal arts college and global leader in the education of women of African descent. This gift is a critical step in our school’s mission to eliminate financial barriers to starting and finishing a Spelman education.

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New Guidebook Offers Best Practices in Suicide Response

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A new emergency preparedness guidebook released by the Jed Foundation provides best practices to off-campus student housing managers on how to handle the sudden and tragic loss of a resident in a community.

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Forging Strategic Partnerships

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And I held him in high regard due to my role in legal education. Like so many other HBCUs, Pierre says Southern has its share of challenges like student housing. With the attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion within higher education, HBCUs are “even more relevant and important today,” he says.