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Study: Community College Housing Program Produced Better Life Outcomes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The authors of a study produced a diagram of student needs that must be met to achieve whole student success, which includes nine vital ingredients: safe and affordable housing, food security, time, childcare, transportation, health supports, quick and streamlined access to programs, respect and empathy, and safety.

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Depression on College Campuses conference: Insights and actions (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

As a clinical psychologist, research scientist and educator specializing in self-criticism and self-compassion, as well as an adjunct faculty member at Seattle University and at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, I recently attended the Depression on College Campuses conference for the first time.

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Why chronic absenteeism is so high—and how district leaders can start fixing it

EAB

Many of these barriers, like transportation issues , are impacting even more students now than before the pandemic, but the growth in absenteeism across all demographics suggests there’s more at play than material barriers preventing students from being in school. counseling, health services, operations/transportation, etc.).

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California universities launch abortion services

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Having medication abortion available on campus removes barriers like transportation—which is especially vital on rural campuses that aren’t near a drugstore. According to a New York Times article about how colleges are handling reproductive health in the post-Roe era, some administrators are wary of acceding to student demands.

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