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| Dec 21, 2022 | An NYC group wants to keep homeless college students from dropping out so they can achieve 'a gateway to the middle class' | According to one 2019 reported from The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, almost three in five college students reported experiencing housing insecurity the previous year. Andersen Ross Photography Inc/Getty Images
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| Oct 11, 2022 | Pathways Financial Credit Union Announces $2,500 Donation to Support the Hope Center in Marysville | MARYSVILLE, Ohio, Oct. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pathways Financial Credit Union's Business Development Specialist Max Bennett presented Becky Bolt, Board Chair of the Hope Center in Marysville, with a $2,500 check to help provide meals ... |
| Apr 5, 2022 | COVID-19 Increased Housing Insecurity Among Formerly Incarcerated Students–Project Rebound’s Toolkit Can Help | Pre-pandemic, 1:10 California State University Students and 1:5 students in California’s community colleges faced housing insecurity. In 2021, the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice found that half of #RealCollege survey respon... |
| Mar 28, 2022 | First Lady Wolf Joins College Students, Administrators, Advocates and Legislators in Calling for Action to Address College Hunger | First Lady Frances Wolf joined Senate Democratic Appropriations Chairman Vincent Hughes, Senator Carolyn Comitta, House Democratic Leader Joanna McClinton, Representative Jennifer O’Mara, college students and advocates to call for action ... |
| Jan 20, 2022 | Biden Administration Makes Available Funds For Students’ Basic Needs | This week, the Biden Administration announced it would make available nearly $200 million in American Rescue Plan funds that will support community colleges and postsecondary education institutions with the greatest needs as the country con... |
| Dec 24, 2021 | Tech companies: Stop conflating privilege with potential | Dwana Franklin-Davis Contributor
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Dwana Franklin-Davis is a lifelong technologist currently serving as the CEO of Reboot Representation, a coalition of tech companies pooling their philanthropic resources to double the numbe... |
| Dec 14, 2021 | Chaffey College Awards $18 Million in Federal Funds to Students in Need | “If you come to Chaffey College, we will give you the tools you need to succeed, whether it be technology, low or no-cost text books, healthcare or even financial assistance. When our students thrive, we all do.” - Alisha Rosas, Associate S... |
| Dec 9, 2021 | 20MM To Tackle Student Homelessness and Housing Insecurity with HOPE | Homelessness and Housing Insecurity Are Ongoing Issues
Student basic needs insecurity has persisted throughout the pandemic and even worsened in many cases. A recent report indicates that the pandemic impacted 48% of student’s housing secu... |
| Nov 11, 2021 | Improved Data Collection Means Better Basic Needs Support for California College Students | The Student Basic Needs Crisis Is Affecting Our Most Vulnerable Students
The scholars hardest hit by the student basic needs crisis in higher education are those that fall into categories deemed “vulnerable populations”. Black and Indigeno... |
| Oct 27, 2021 | How Young Invincibles Is Ensuring Student Basic Needs Dollars Are Spent Equitably | By Miguel Leon
Prior to COVID-19, the student basic needs crisis in the United States had reached unprecedented levels. A survey conducted by The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice found that 39% of students were food insecure... |
| Oct 22, 2021 | Chobani and Swipe Out Hunger Partner to Help College Students Experiencing Food Insecurity on 23 Campuses | NEW BERLIN, N.Y., Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Food insecurity is one of the most pervasive and devastating afflictions nationwide, impacting one in 10 Americans. College campuses are among the most affected, yet overlooked, communities, w... |
| Oct 13, 2021 | Get to Know Our Student Basic Needs Spark Grantees | The true cost of college, including non-tuition costs, pushes students toward economic instability. Nearly one in three California college students face food and housing insecurity. COVID-19 exacerbated the challenges faced by students, for... |
| Aug 23, 2021 | Some Colleges Are Relieving Student Worries by Making Textbooks Free | There’s a careful calculation that college students make at the beginning of each semester, one that might take a few weeks to fully suss out. Will I really need to buy textbooks for these classes? Are there any I can avoid purchasing at al... |
| Aug 2, 2021 | Let’s Support College Student Mothers During the Pandemic — and Beyond | Mix Tape / Shutterstock
Although the pandemic has been devastating for everyone, it’s been especially hard for college student mothers. Many were forced by school and day care closures to prioritize care and remote learning for their childr... |
| Jul 21, 2021 | Opinion: Attention, college students. California’s new budget can help you with food and housing | This op-ed was originally published by The San Diego Union-Tribune.
A 2018 California State University survey of more than 24,000 students found that nearly one in 10 had experienced homelessness, and more than 40 percent had struggled wit... |
| Jul 12, 2021 | Higher Ed Groups Call On U.S. News To Stop Using SAT/ACT Scores In Its College Rankings | There are new calls for ending the use of standardized admission test scores in the ranking of ... [+] colleges. They should be heeded. getty |
| Jun 16, 2021 | Appealing Financial Aid In Times Of COVID-19 | “SwiftStudent really helps out, especially being the first in my family to go through this.” |
| May 17, 2021 | A year online: Temple students come to terms with virtual learning’s costs | Although Libby Tarquinio purchased a $3,000 desktop computer to edit videos for her film classes, a year of online learning cost her much more: missed time with peers and teachers, hands-on learning opportunities and a chance to study away ... |
| Feb 18, 2021 | It’s Time to Take College Student Hunger and Homelessness Seriously | Students cooking ramen noodle packets in the dorm microwave have come to symbolize what is deemed to be the universal college experience. However, that image demeans the dire situation of students experiencing food and housing insecurity in... |
| Dec 31, 2020 | Recovering From 2020 Requires Supporting Students, Starting With Their Basic Needs | Around the world, people are starting to turn hopeful eyes toward the new year as the fervent desire to banish 2020 grows. Many have tried to find meaning from the loss we’ve experienced over the past year. But the lessons to be learned her... |
| Oct 23, 2020 | Genius Gen Zs Forge New Rules To Hack Housing’s ‘Priced-Out’ Crisis | One out of two college students knows “housing insecurity” by heart, first-hand. As many as 68,000 claim to be homeless. That data came before the novel coronavirus struck, heat-seeking America’s and the world’s most vulnerable. So when sus... |
| Jul 10, 2020 | Blockchain Tech Can Verify Credentials, but Beware Credentialism | Stephanie Hurder, a CoinDesk columnist, is a founding economist at Prysm Group, an economic advisory focused on the implementation of emerging technologies, and an academic contributor to the World Economic Forum. She has a Ph.D. in Busines... |
| Jun 8, 2020 | There Is So Much Work to Be Done. Start Today. | Last Monday morning, each of my coworkers reached out to me and offered concrete support—did I need to talk? To move some of my work off my plate and onto theirs? To be treated to coffee? To ignore them? To take the day off?
Each of my cowo... |
| Mar 26, 2020 | The Coronavirus Outbreak Is Leaving College Students With No Place to Live | Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here.
Megan Job used to live on Middlebury College’s campus in Vermont, but she had to leave after the school closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. She’s now staying in an Airbnb ... |
| Mar 26, 2020 | Four Concerns — and One Cause For Hope — As Coronavirus Closes Community Colleges | The closure of an iconic campus like Harvard Yard attracts a lot of attention. But as the coronavirus spreads, it’s the closures of community colleges—institutions that have far less money but serve far more students—that worry many educato... |
| Mar 12, 2020 | The Downsides of Closing Schools and Colleges in a Crisis | Coronavirus spreads quickly. But perhaps not as quickly as panic. And as schools and college campuses shutter in response to (or ahead of) COVID-19’s spread, some observers wonder which ailment, exactly, they’re reacting to.
Closing institu... |
| Jan 7, 2020 | Edquity Raises $2.4M to Help Schools Deliver Emergency Funds to Students in Need | Some of the biggest barriers to academic success have nothing to do with academics. Rather, they usually entail basic human needs. After all, it’s hard to do well in school when you’re hungry, or unable to get rest or go to class.
As it tur... |
| Jul 11, 2019 | Online Teaching 2019 Conference Promotes OER Usage | By Ryan Erickson-Kulas
Last month the Michelson 20MM Foundation was able to attend the 19th annual Online Teaching Conference hosted by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. Educators from throughout the nation gathered to... |
| For college students in crisis, emergency grants are a lifeline | Any unpaid balance can prevent a college senior in otherwise good standing from graduating.
Some schools now offer completion grants so students who are struggling can still get their diploma. |
| Unemployment benefits. Stimulus checks. How to best spend the aid that’s on the way | Americans struggling during the pandemic will soon have access to a myriad of relief programs thanks to the recent stimulus package that passed.
Here’s what they can expect and some recommendations from experts on how best to use the aid. |
| Another stimulus package is on its way. Here’s what to do with the aid | Extended unemployment benefits, stimulus checks, rental assistance and enhanced food benefits are likely on the way to millions of struggling Americans.
Here’s how to best spend the aid when it comes. |
| Still struggling financially? Here’s what pandemic aid remains available to families | Even as the coronavirus continues to upend American life, most pandemic-era relief measures have dried up by now.
Here’s what help is still available. |
