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California's Community Colleges See the Benefits of Student Housing

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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New Year, New Me? 7 Most Popular Student Resolutions for 2023

Student Life Network

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. So, set a new goal for yourself and make your New Year’s student resolutions count.

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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community colleges around the country are exploring residential options, developing housing for the first time, or partnering with organizations such as Educational Housing Services (EHS), a New York City nonprofit group that houses students from colleges throughout the city. “As This is a growing interest, it seems, every year.”

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Unleash the Chatbots! AI for Retention

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

Vice President for Student Life, Mount St. Each department—whether it is academic, registrar, advising, career counseling, student services, student success, food service, housing—are separate fiefdoms. “There are so many companies now vying for the higher education technology space.