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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Inside Higher Ed

Image: When Andrea Mora enrolled at University of California, Irvine, in 2012, she was a low-income, first-generation student. And she used her visibility as a student leader to advocate for more support services for undocumented and low-income students. It was also a way for the university to make the position permanent.

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Students push for election holiday, even during midterms

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Jared Goldberg estimates he stood beside the Bell Tower—a central landmark of Temple University’s campus—for more than 50 hours this semester as part of his campaign to get Temple to make Election Day a campus holiday. Colleges such as American University and George Washington University, both in Washington, D.C.,

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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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New College Programs Support and Mentor First-Generation Students

Insight Into Diversity

Notable examples of such efforts can be found at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management, where each has designed programs tailored to meet the needs of first-generation students. Syracuse University Martin J.

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Temple gets $11 million gift for students with disabilities

Inside Higher Ed

million gift to Temple University from the estate of a graduate of the institution has particular resonance on the Philadelphia campus. The money will be targeted at students with physical disabilities at a university known for its strong track record in providing disability services. Image: A $10.9

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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. Immediately, many universities raised their fee levels for masters courses, and this has continued year on year as evidenced in the Times Higher Education. respectively (see Table 3). respectively (see Table 3).

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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.