Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 28, 2024
All the while, Curry has kept his focus on expanding equity for his students, with his sights specifically on food and housing insecurity, an issue that impacts many of his students. In collaboration with the Los Angeles County Food Bank, Compton College offers a mobile food pantry.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 9, 2023
Many state policies block undocumented students from receiving in-state tuition — even if they completed their K-12 education there — and several states directly prohibit undocumented students from enrolling in many public universities. On top of that, undocumented students are ineligible for any federal financial aid.
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 23, 2023
She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education. Some were going without enough food to eat; others were sleeping in their cars.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
MARCH 24, 2023
Image: The University of South Dakota’s TRIO Student Support Services is like all other federally funded TRIO SSS programs in that it serves low-income, first-generation or disabled students. For students to “connect with each other, learn about college success, learn about resources and engage with the community.”
EAB
JANUARY 26, 2023
Increased unmet basic needs & mental health concerns According to a recent 2022 CCSSE report community college student mental health is worsening, and significant numbers of students are struggling with basic needs like housing and food. whitepaper: Admissions sTAFFING IN A VOLATILE LABOR MARKET 6. Let us know here.
Student Life Network
JANUARY 9, 2023
Check into counselling and other student services offered by your school if it will help. Develop a reasonable monthly budget to use for textbooks, food, tuition, entertainment, rent, and savings and stick to it. Also check out: 4 Types Of Financial Aid Students Can Count On for more information.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
For decades, colleges have consolidated many of their admissions and enrollment services functions under a single umbrella office—including, but not limited to, the bursar, the registrar, the cashier’s office and financial aid.
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