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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. So that’s when he and other leadership at IVC began exploring the idea of student housing.

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Stuff We Say in College Student Housing

Roompact

In our field, there are a lot of buzz words that we use. While some are helpful, some dictate how we move about in the work. I want to explore some of those sayings and how they land for me. As you read through, think of a time when you have used or heard these.

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A Love Letter to College Student Housing

Roompact

If you add up my first experience of on-campus housing as a first-generation freshman, elected as hall president in my mostly male residence hall, I am wrapping up my 21st year.

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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.

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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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Planning Your Pro Dev-o as a Student Housing Professional

Roompact

With spring semester comes conference season and that means it is about that time when folx start planning to attend the many events hosted by campuses and organizations. You may already be asking yourself and your colleagues, what conferences will you be attending?

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Forget Climbing Walls and Kombucha on Tap. What Makes Student Housing Most Desirable is Smart Tech

MultiFamily Insider

If you work in student housing, you know. The rest of you may be surprised to learn that today’s student housing is dramatically less “rough around the edges” than you may remember from your time as an undergraduate. Student Housing

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Strategies for Transitioning Up in Student Housing

Roompact

As semester schools begin settling into the start of the fall semester, and quarter schools prepare for opening their halls and campuses, we may find ourselves struggling through a bit of transition into new roles, new communities, new supervisors, and new institutions.

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Giving Ourselves Grace When Working in Student Housing

Roompact

What does your morning routine entail? Mine involves getting multiple humans ready for the day. Lunch? Check. Clothes? Check. Does everyone smell good? Then it is out the door. Generally you may be able to say that mornings in my home are busy. One of the things that I look forward to as a.

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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. The appeals court said the suit was correct in stating that Berkeley “failed to assess potential noise impacts from loud student parties in residential neighborhoods near the campus, a longstanding problem that the [environmental review] improperly dismissed as speculative.”

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‘It was chaos’: students on being priced out of the rental market

The Guardian Higher Education

UK students forced to live in neighbouring cities in university accommodation crisis Amber, a first-year psychology student, was looking forward to studying in Brighton because the seaside town is renowned for its social life.

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The Law Of The Big Mo (Momentum) In Multifamily Real Estate

MultiFamily Insider

Student HousingIn multifamily real estate when an investor has built momentum, they are extremely hard to compete against. Every broker and seller wants to do business with them.

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We Really Need to Talk About that Dorm Project with No Windows

MultiFamily Insider

Student housing design is an evolving art. What amenities will attract the most renters? How about smart tech? Or offering virtual tours ? Maybe taking away windows? Record scratch*. Freeze frame". I bet you're wondering how we got here. Property Management

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Housing crisis prompts French students to escape to the country

The Guardian Higher Education

Students forced to head outside cities for accommodation are also providing a useful supplement to farmers’ income “You get used to the sound of the early morning tractor,” said Jules, a final-year engineering student, as he climbed the steps to his accommodation in a former cowshed on a dairy farm outside Lille in northern France. The 23-year-old from Nord-Pas-de-Calais is among a growing number of students opting to live on farms as France faces a student housing crisis.

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Unapologetic Leadership for Black Learner Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over half a million – 579,000 to be exact – Black students have left the American higher education system since 2011. Before and during COVID, most of these students vanished from our most affordable and accessible institutions – our community colleges.

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Looking to Study Business in The Netherlands?

Study and Go Abroad

4 Reasons Why Canadian Students Choose Nyenrode. #1 Statistics are based on the National Student Survey results. #3 Alumni often return to the university not only to coach students, but also to open doors for them through their business networks. #4 4 Hassle-free housing .

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10 higher ed podcasts to stream in 2023

EAB

Each podcast has a different focus, from enrollment marketing strategies to IT & tech to student-centricity. Office Hours : EAB’s in-house podcast features compelling conversations with higher ed leaders in enrollment, institutional research, and financial aid, as well as discussions with EAB’s deep bench of experts. Higher Ed: Rewired : California State University produces this student-success-centric show featuring experts from inside and outside the CSU system.

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Why a college president wears Chuck Taylors (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

This was especially true when I was hired as acting dean of student affairs at Compton nearly 18 years ago. Back then, I worked directly with students each day. So, whenever I wear those, I feel connected to my community, my past, our students today and my authentic self.

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Lesley Faculty Vote No Confidence in President—Again

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“A coalition of faculty and students held a protest outside.” “Currently, more than 100 management faculty and staff across all disciplines are thinking about how Lesley will provide students with the best education for the future at the same time as we plan for living within our means,” said John Sullivan, a university spokesman.

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Tennessee State cites past underfunding as cause of problems

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: An enrollment surge at Tennessee State University combined with a lack of student housing led to a scathing comptroller’s report calling for a change in the historically Black university’s leadership.

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Top 8 Questions to Ask When Considering Studying Abroad

Study and Go Abroad

Find out if the schools you’re interested in can help you out by asking these questions: What kind of residence options are available for international students? What residence options, if any, extend to upper-year students as well? Where are the student-friendly housing areas ?

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New Vanderbilt housing requires income students don't make

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Her first living situation, a house that she found through a friend of a friend of her aunt, was only 5.5 While all 529 of the building’s units have been allocated to Vanderbilt graduate and professional students, few of those students can actually afford them.

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A small college is failing. Is a rich Canadian to blame?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” The college wasn’t a good fit, the official said, because of its small student body—currently about 300 students—the lack of a brand name and the absence of strong leadership, among other factors.

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Higher ed needs more grit (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

And yet, this fall the University of Utah admitted a record class of first-year students for the third year in row. But Utah’s success is more than a demographic windfall of overachieving students. These students are the future of higher education in this country.

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Planning to Meet Your School’s Student and Operational Needs

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

Business schools teach their students to always keep abreast of what’s going on in the marketplace and what competitors are doing. Serve our graduate students. is providing its students. One of their values is student centeredness. by Iris Manning.

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The Ongoing Fight for Diversity in Higher Ed

Higher Ed Connects: Diversity

The flagship institution has followed a variety of admissions strategies, including adopting a holistic admissions process that reduces the number of students admitted through the original top ten percent rule that was passed by the state legislature in 1997. Terri E.

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How cloud-based Hostel Management System benefits Higher Education Institutes?

Creatrix Campus

The Hostel Management system prevents the need for administrators to provide paper-based registration forms, billing, maintenance, or track the entry of students, visitors, or guests under their control. Hostels are meant to be a second home for the students.

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Why Study in Germany – Universities, Admission, Tuition Fees, Post-study Work Permit and Work Opportunities

Buddy4Study

The country has 8 universities that rank amongst the top 150 institutes in the world and is a popular destination for students looking to study abroad. This article seeks to highlight why Germany is a great destination for international students. are foreign students.