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Webinar: Students Want Mental Health Reform

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These findings highlight the need for campuses to foster a sense of belonging and support systems tailored to all students, regardless of background or identity. It helps to make us feel heard and provides that connection and bond,” she said.

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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“As president, I look forward to strengthening relationships across the industry, promoting the value and impact of student affairs for key audiences, and pursuing strategies that enhance the college student experience.”

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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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Community colleges are banding resources together to secure their at-risk students’ education

University Business

. “I think [Single Stop] instrumental in keeping our students,” she says. For students who have fallen through the cracks and stopped out, Davidson Davie works with two organizations that help reengage these learners and turn them back to school: NC Reconnect and InsideTrack. Education will help them.”

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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. Photos courtesy of UNC Charlotte.)

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How to Achieve HSI Status: Intentionality

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For a college or university to be designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), at least 25% of full-time equivalent students enrolled must be Hispanic. These two-year and four-year institutions must also enroll a significant number of students who require needs-based financial aid.

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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community colleges around the country are exploring residential options, developing housing for the first time, or partnering with organizations such as Educational Housing Services (EHS), a New York City nonprofit group that houses students from colleges throughout the city. “As