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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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Trans student housing gains popularity and demand

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Trans and nonbinary LLCs appear to be in high demand; at all three institutions, more students applied to live in the communities than there was room for. According to recent research , about 1.4 That’s not surprising, given that young people are much more likely than older generations to identify as transgender. percent of U.S.