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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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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2005 — long before Curry took the helm — the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges revoked the school’s accreditation because of financial instability. It was a devastating blow to the college. The market regularly draws more than 700 students and plans are underway to build student housing on campus.

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Unapologetic Leadership for Black Learner Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government and higher education institutions have fed the public a steady diet of bad enrollment news. Public health concerns increased responsibilities to care for and educate school-aged children and disrupted jobs and industries. But we need to look closer at the data.

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Rising to the Challenge on Student Basic Needs Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. 4) Collect and use in-depth student data and demographics.

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SUNY Adds Liaisons for Homeless Students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In a coordinated effort to address student housing insecurity, the State University of New York system will designate a staff member on every campus to work with homeless students. Navigating college can be especially challenging for students experiencing homelessness. “At

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Why a college president wears Chuck Taylors (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In my position as a community college president, a large part of the work is showing up as my authentic self. We’ve worked to complete nearly $118 million in upgrades and new construction on campus while also obtaining more than $250 million for additional construction and student success programs.

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Higher ed needs more grit (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

higher education. Yes, college and university enrollment has fallen, decreasing by almost 7.5 Just six in 10 Americans say college is worth the time and money. And one-third of adult members of Generation Z say they tend not to trust higher education. I don’t buy it.