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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Additional $7.4B in Approved Student Debt Relief

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Biden-Harris Administration has announced the approval of $7.4 Dr. Miguel Cardona The administration reported that nearly 8 million borrowers have been helped by the SAVE plan. The Administration has now approved $62.8 Borrowers will receive emails informing them of their approvals, according to administration officials.

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Study: Community College Housing Program Produced Better Life Outcomes

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Students’ connection with CHAP helped them to more easily access other supports, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), two federal programs that address food insecurity. It might show that it’s not food people need, it’s housing.” Harrell II, president of TCC.

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Rising to the Challenge on Student Basic Needs Work

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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. What else can and should we do?

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Making Equity a Priority

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On this January day, Curry — who grew up just a short distance from the college — greets the groundworkers and buttonholes administrative staff about the latest developments taking place across campus. In collaboration with the Los Angeles County Food Bank, Compton College offers a mobile food pantry. There is much to celebrate.

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Cruzado Wins 2024 Council of Fellows Mentor Award

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Waded Cruzado The annual award acknowledges the role mentors play in the success of participants in the ACE Fellows Program, which was established in 1965 to help prepare faculty and administrators for senior positions in higher education leadership. She served twice on the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development.

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TICAS Policy Agenda Tackles the Flaws in the Higher Ed System

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Frank Fernandez, an associate professor of higher education administration and policy at the University of Florida, called the TICAS's recommendations “ambitious.” It’s been really cool to see how TICAS acknowledges how so many things are related — affordability, basic needs, addressing food insecurity and not just loans,” said Fernandez.

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New Book Examines Foster Care Students in College

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Institutions should be making efforts to meet these students where they are and provide them with basic needs like housing, food, and financial support. Many believe, including college administrators, that students will come forward and self-identify and ask for help and support. But foster youth can also be reluctant to ask for help.