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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Inside Higher Ed

She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education. “All of those intersectionalities opened my eyes to a lot of inequity in higher education,” Mora said.

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California's Community Colleges See the Benefits of Student Housing

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. While visiting the kitchen, then Dean of Student Services Dr. Lennor Johnson met a married couple who were both enrolled at IVC, earning above 3.0

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Admins Look to Walk the Walk on Anti-Racism at NCORE

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since 2020, it seems as though anyone with any sort of leadership role in higher education has pledged their anti-racism bona fides. These questions provoked some deep uncertainty from Brianne Sanchez, the dean of student success at South Seattle College.

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Students push for election holiday, even during midterms

Inside Higher Ed

Advocates say that having the day off encourages young people not only to vote but also to participate in the election by, say, working at the polls or watching the election results with other students. This year, the programming will be more focused on educating students about how to vote.

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Changes in the postgraduate taught landscape in the past 10 years, and things to consider for the next 10.

HEPI

Michelle Morgan , Dean of Students at the University of East London , has kindly authored this HEPI blog. Table 1 Postgraduate taught ‘all’ enrolments- change in growth on previous year Figures derived from the Higher Education Statistics Agency Who’s studying in HE? HESA Why was the Postgraduate Loan introduced?

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Its time to talk tech experience and capability

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr Michelle Morgan, Dean of Students at the University of East London (UEL). This piece is a case study of students’ tech experience at UEL. There is a lot of discussion at the moment about AI and how we navigate this use of technology with our students.

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Temple gets $11 million gift for students with disabilities

Inside Higher Ed

Now, 70 years later, the new funds will be used to assist current students who can incur higher college-related expenses related to their disability for such things as assistive technology, or note-takers or interpreters, or for housing that can accommodate large medical equipment, among other things. “This is a monumental moment.”