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. ” (TRIO SSS at USD also partners with an orientation program from the university’s Native Student Services.)

Financial Aid 101

Financial Aid Support Services Food Student Services 101

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.

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Food Administration Financial Aid Community College 113

The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 8, 2023

Families can come for 15 minutes, receive the diploma, and leave, or they can stay for four or five hours and enjoy DJs, food trucks, and all that. But when the student receives their diploma, they can bring whoever they want to on stage. Sometimes the student brings their dog and they say, “They’re the only family I have.”

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Higher Education Education Development and Fund Raising Community College 98