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Student Housing at Sea

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Higher ed has a student housing crisis, Ryan Craig writes. David Foster Wallace was my generation’s answer to Hemingway but—on brand for Gen X—without any of the fun.

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California's Community Colleges See the Benefits of Student Housing

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

So that’s when he and other leadership at IVC began exploring the idea of student housing. Through a pilot program that offered 12 housing insecure students homes in RVs, Johnson said IVC learned a lot of lessons about the difficulties and triumphs of residential management, how to support students, and how to build community.

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Student housing used to be affordable. Why has it become an ‘asset class’ to enrich the already wealthy? | Leilani Farha

The Guardian Higher Education

It’s something more fundamental: for an increasing number of students the question troubling them is “Where am I going to live?” Student housing – a residence room, a shared house, a small flat – was once a given. In the UK, average student housing prices now outstrip the maximum government-offered student loans.

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HBCUs are getting creative to meet growing student housing demand

University Business

Historically Black colleges and universities have been embroiled in a student housing crisis for decades. The post HBCUs are getting creative to meet growing student housing demand appeared first on University Business. Now, some are getting creative to address the problem. Read more on NBC News.

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UK student housing reaching ‘crisis point’ as bad as 1970s, charity warns

The Guardian Higher Education

Growing numbers of students are experiencing hidden homelessness or accepting poor accommodation Student housing is reaching a “crisis point” not seen since the 1970s, when students slept in sports halls and their cars, and is set to worsen in the new year, a charity has warned.

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Appeals Court Rules Against Berkeley Plan for Student Housing

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A California appeals court has ruled against a plan put forward by the University of California, Berkeley, to develop student housing in People’s Park, the Los Angeles Times reported. Two nonprofit groups sued to block the plan. Berkeley said it would appeal to the California Supreme Court.

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We Experiment With ChatGPT: Asking Questions About Residence Life and College Student Housing

Roompact

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 →