Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
When Imperial Valley College (IVC) conducted a student survey seven years ago, they discovered over 200 students experiencing food and housing insecurity. The findings spurred the creation of a basic needs support program on campus, including the IVC Kitchen, which provides emergency food and groceries to hungry students.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 12, 2023
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. Students require and deserve far more than band-aids.
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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.
Roompact
OCTOBER 27, 2023
This post is part of a series where we ask ChatGPT interesting, unusual, or just plain fun questions related to residence life and college student housing. We’re doing a little experiment, specifically with the AI chat-bot, ChatGPT. All answers were generated by the AI. At the end. Continue Reading →
Student Housing Works
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Well, let’s face it: you’ve got to secure NYC student housing. At Student Housing Works , we’ve helped hundreds of students, grads and interns take care of their NYC student housing…so they can finally enjoy themselves and experience everything the city has to offer. Let’s dive in. Fun, right?
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 8, 2022
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. It is why we will be the first community college in Los Angeles County to build affordable student housing on our campus.
Student Housing Works
JUNE 2, 2021
It’s also fringed by numerous restaurants and big-name shopping establishments, including Barnes & Noble, Whole Foods Market, and Best Buy. It was replaced by Bocce Union Square in 2018, an Italian-American bocce club that serves up games of bocce alongside food and drinks. or Trader Joe’s (142 E.
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