Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2023

Over the last decade, the number of food pantries on campuses has swelled from 80 to around 800. Now, new data from the 2020 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study has provided the first nationally representative picture: more than one in five undergraduates experience food insecurity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Public health concerns increased responsibilities to care for and educate school-aged children and disrupted jobs and industries. This is how Compton dedicated over $3 million in emergency aid specifically for the 2022-2023 fiscal year, with an additional $500,000 in emergency aid for dual enrollment students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2023

She also noted that a growing lack of financial aid officers at the colleges risks slowing down the processing of student financial aid paperwork. Community colleges will be forced to vie for an increasingly limited pool of candidates, which means continuing to go head to head with private industries and universities.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 30, 2023

For example, students may be susceptible to gambling away their financial aid funds, she said. No deal has been reached involving the Sands giving the college money to support academic or training programs related to hospitality industry jobs, Kornbluth said. The event has raised more than $2.2

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AIFS Abroad

JANUARY 18, 2024

If foreign languages aren’t your strong suit, but you have an interest in art, culture, liberal arts and creative industries, Foggy London town is your best bet for January Term 2025 study abroad program. Make sure you check with your school’s study abroad office to see if you qualify for any financial aid.

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EAB

MAY 9, 2023

So there are easy things that I've seen visiting community colleges, I visited a community college in Maine where the financial aid staff all went to lunch at the same time. If you ever go to Whole Foods and you ask where something is, they take you to the shelf. But some community colleges have managed to do it.

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