Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2024

Hallock More prospective University of Richmond students will qualify for Richmond’s Promise to Virginia thanks to changes to the initiative, which targets first-time, first-year students who meet certain income and need-based financial aid criteria.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

These are last-dollar funds, which means it covers a student’s remaining costs for tuition and fees after all other aid—scholarships, grants, stipends and tuition waivers—has been awarded, and it does not cover the cost of housing, food, transportation, books or supplies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Ten years ago, most college students short of money for food would have difficulty finding a food pantry on campus. Food insecurity wasn’t a widely recognized problem in higher education and “student basic needs” wasn’t a field of practice. Students require and deserve far more than band-aids.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

The reports analyze the available data and call for more research to be gathered so that this population can be served more effectively. The California Student Aid Commission, which administers the state’s financial aid program, has found that student parents face housing and food insecurity at a higher rate than non-parenting peers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The report estimated that nine out of 10 colleges either don’t include or underestimate the net price of attending in financial aid letters. According to the GAO report, students who pick a college that is unaffordable for them are more likely to have to cut back on essentials like food while attending and are more likely to drop out.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

On top of that, undocumented students are ineligible for any federal financial aid. On and off-campus jobs, paid internships, and funded research would be almost entirely off the table, post-graduation career opportunities will be limited. Research your institution’s policies. No Pell Grants. No student loans.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

All the while, Curry has kept his focus on expanding equity for his students, with his sights specifically on food and housing insecurity, an issue that impacts many of his students. In collaboration with the Los Angeles County Food Bank, Compton College offers a mobile food pantry.

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Higher Education Today

APRIL 3, 2023

Title: SNAP Reimagined: Improving Postsecondary Education Access and Completion Source: The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) Today’s students must often navigate higher education and its associated costs while facing increased basic needs insecurity and limited need-based financial aid to close the gap.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A widespread health crisis is undermining American community colleges, with many current and potential students exhibit high rates of anxiety, depression, substance abuse, suicidal ideation, food insecurity, and more. The challenges predate the pandemic but were exacerbated by it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Through partnerships with organizations such as the aerospace and defense technology company Northrop Grumman, EPW is able to offer internships and research opportunities. They can work on their mentor’s already established research project or develop their own.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2023

She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education. Some were going without enough food to eat; others were sleeping in their cars.

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University Business

APRIL 2, 2024

A working paper from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University studying two-year students’ habits has linked mental health-related issues, such as anxiety and depression, to worse persistence rates and credit accumulation.

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Great College Advice

APRIL 15, 2024

You should be the one deciding what factors are the most important and doing research to give each college a grade in each area. They may also be able to point out gaps or assumptions in your research or reasoning. Luckily, if you’ve already been accepted to a school, you should also have been provided your financial aid award letter.

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Ray Schroeder

JULY 29, 2023

Department of Agriculture relaxed eligibility SNAP requirements for college students during the pandemic, allowing in those on financial aid with no expected family support and anyone who qualified for work-study programs, regardless of hours worked.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 31, 2023

In his latest podcast episode, Dr. Drumm McNaughton talks with two CEW professors who worked on the study, Research Professor of Education and Economics Dr. Zack Mabel and Associate Director of Editorial Policy and Senior Editor/Writer Kathryn Campbell. More outreach and advising can demystify college for students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2023

These data points are part of an ongoing research effort to study attrition at community colleges and were shared late last month in a webinar hosted by EAB and the League for Innovation in the Community College, an organization dedicated to helping community colleges innovate to improve student success outcomes.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 24, 2023

Similarly, it offers tutoring and assistance with choosing courses, applying for financial aid, building financial literacy and applying to graduate programs. But an innovative first-year experience program is central to USD’s TRIO approach.

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Higher Education Today

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Read more » The post New Report Outlines How Community Colleges Can Help Reduce Students’ Food and Housing Insecurity appeared first on Higher Education Today. In CCCSE’s.

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Great College Advice

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

William Fitzsimmons, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Harvard College weighs in favor of taking time off between high school and the first year of college to pursue a special project or activity, work, or spend time in another meaningful way. Many actually encourage gap years, including the Ivy League.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 5, 2023

College food pantries were largely unknown. Food pantries have proliferated, and the phrase “student basic needs” has entered the vernacular. And research on concrete reforms that can improve student success has flourished. The concierge model of financial aid was pioneered there, too.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

MAY 25, 2023

Here are some ways universities can assess students using Maslow's hierarchy: Assess physiological needs : At the bottom of the pyramid are physiological needs like food, shelter, and sleep. Additionally, universities can offer financial aid and scholarships to students who may struggle to afford the cost of tuition or living expenses.

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EAB

JULY 28, 2023

And a related report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research found that parenting students who accessed the FRC services were more successful academically than those who did not. Fifty-four percent of student-parents surveyed agreed that Los Angeles Valley College's program helped them stay in school.

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EAB

JULY 28, 2023

And a related report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research found that parenting students who accessed the FRC services were more successful academically than those who did not. Fifty-four percent of student-parents surveyed agreed that Los Angeles Valley College's program helped them stay in school.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 13, 2023

A 2013 study by academic researchers at the University of Chicago and Rutgers University found that between 31 percent and 46 percent of youth aging out of foster care had experienced homelessness at least once by age 26. Participating private institutions in the state have agreed to provide aid to cover gaps from the grant.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

“There are a number of material things that can be done to make college success more achievable for Black students—financial aid, tuition reductions, support for childcare—but that’s not the only answer,” she said. “It’s cultural, too. The survey really shows that discrimination is a big issue.

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

I wanted to better understand how EAB partners were thinking about and preparing for these challenges, so I conducted a round of research interviews to hear their thoughts. Financial This grouping refers to how students pay for college and its associated cost. The 30 Priorities This feels like a tough road ahead, and it is.

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

I wanted to better understand how EAB partners were thinking about and preparing for these challenges, so I conducted a round of research interviews to hear their thoughts. Financial This grouping refers to how students pay for college and its associated cost. The 30 Priorities This feels like a tough road ahead, and it is.

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College Forward

MARCH 14, 2022

For one, it’s a fraction of the cost to attend a four-year college or university if you’re not able to get enough financial aid to cover your costs. : Two-year college to take care of your gen-eds: there are several benefits of attending a two-year college to earn freshman- and sophomore-level credits.

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Study and Go Abroad

MAY 21, 2023

Tuition and the cost of living varies across the country, so it’s important to do some research before committing to a single school. Humphrey Fellowship The Humphrey fellowship program is a Fulbright initiative to encourage academic research in the United States. Looking for awards? The USA has plenty of each!

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Higher Ed Connects: Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2019

When it determines that students could use specific help, it connects them to corresponding on-campus resources, like the financial aid office or the career center. Each department—whether it is academic, registrar, advising, career counseling, student services, student success, food service, housing—are separate fiefdoms.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 20, 2023

As the chief data and research officer, Brown oversees the foundation’s efforts in the areas of strategic planning, learning, impact, and effectiveness. She joined the foundation in 2011 with a strong performance measurement, research, and evaluation background. About Our Podcast Guest – Courtney Brown Courtney Brown, Ph.D. ,

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EAB

AUGUST 8, 2023

We pay for food, we pay for their transportation from the airport to the airport, so we make sure that they have the really all encompassed, "red carpet experience", if you say so to speak, of what the Ross School of Business and the University of Michigan has to offer. We have our financial aid partners that come and talk to parents as well.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Across the country, students at both four-year and two-year institutions are facing basic needs insecurity, struggling for consistent access to food and housing. At the bottom of that pyramid are physiological needs like food, clothing, and shelter. “If We don’t want our students to even have to think about that. “I

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Can a research-intensive university also be learning- and learner-centered, as dedicated to the quality of students’ educational experience as it is to scholarship, publication and invention? This reminds me every day why teaching, mentorship and service matter just as much as research. Why is that?

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EAB

MAY 9, 2023

My name is Tara Zirkel and I'm a Director of Strategic Research here at EAB. And I've spent 15 years working directly with or researching and collaborating with senior leaders in the community college space, and that space is in real trouble. So give these folks a listen and enjoy. music] 0:00:51.0 million people.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean You know how sometimes you forget about food that has been in the freezer for a while? ” Excellent idea, but this should already be done routinely by a given college’s IR (institutional research) office. It takes conscious effort, but it prevents rebuying things we already have.

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