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Trans student housing gains popularity and demand

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Editorial Tags: Student life Image Source: Jay Barrett Image Caption: Jay Barrett (left) and Gwyneth Cole (right), two of the leaders of Open Pages, Ithaca’s residential floor for trans and nonbinary students. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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How to Achieve HSI Status: Intentionality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These efforts include OLAS, the Organization for Latin American Students, a longtime fixture at the college; and Hispanic Achievers Committed to Excellence and Results, HACER, a living and learning community with recently added provisions for students who wish to reside in student housing.

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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. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Tennessee State cites past underfunding as cause of problems

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: An enrollment surge at Tennessee State University combined with a lack of student housing led to a scathing comptroller’s report calling for a change in the historically Black university’s leadership. million in institutional plant fund reserves and the rest from student housing fees, according to the report.

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A small college is failing. Is a rich Canadian to blame?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Some faculty members thought the purchase of DeVos Hall, which had previously served as student housing but is not currently occupied, would open the door for the institution to eventually develop its own campus; now they worry that Chung will scoop the building up for pennies on the dollar. and Canada. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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12 Groundbreaking Asian Columbians You Should Know

Student Housing Works

In March, Phingbodhipakkiya’s work was chosen as the cover of TIME magazine confronting the legacy of anti-Asian violence. The post 12 Groundbreaking Asian Columbians You Should Know appeared first on Student Housing Works. Learn more about Phingbodhipakkiya’s work and advocacy here.