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Tag: student housing
Community Colleges
Community College Student Housing Needs Heightened Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Student housing at community colleges is somewhat rare — only 28% of community colleges in America have on-campus dormitory options for their students. But the last twenty years have seen a growing number of community colleges try to find creative ways to help their students who are housing or food insecure.
July 8, 2021
Community Colleges
California Gov. Newsom Proposes $12 Billion Increase in Higher Ed Investments
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a $12 billion increase for higher ed, with investments in college affordability, strengthening pathways, improving time to degree and graduation and addressing COVID-19 pandemic impacts on students. The investments aim to close racial equity gaps, which have been exacerbated during the pandemic. The higher ed budget proposed in the […]
May 18, 2021
Students
Scholar-Practitioner Finds His ‘Home’ in Residential Life
Growing up with 14 siblings in rural Nebraska, Dr. Jim Tweedy had his first taste of privacy while living in the dormitories and earning his bachelor’s degree in business administration at the University of Nebraska-Kearney.
December 11, 2018
Campus Climate
University of Delaware to Close Christiana Towers Residence Halls
The University of Delaware (UD)’s two 17-story Christiana Towers residence halls will be closed at the end of the 2018-19 academic year, the university recently announced. The announcement comes as a surprise to the UD community, as the institution’s original plan was to destroy the Towers in 2023-24, after building a new residence hall, according […]
November 20, 2018
Latest News
Fired Administrator Names NCCU Chancellor in Whistleblower Suit
A former vice chancellor at North Carolina Central University listed Chancellor Johnson O. Akinleye and two University of North Carolina Board of Governors members in a whistleblower lawsuit filed against NCCU last week.
April 25, 2018
News Roundup
Vanderbilt to Add 4 Residential Colleges in $600M Project
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Vanderbilt University is undertaking a $600 million project to add four new residential colleges by 2023, billing the initiative as its largest capital project ever. The 205,000-square-foot E. Bronson Ingram College will open this fall with living spaces, a communal dining hall, a great room, a performing arts rehearsal studio and four […]
January 24, 2018
Students
College Towns Feel Pinch From Rental Sites Such As Airbnb
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Time was when renting an apartment in one of this college town’s funky triple-deckers or two-family homes wouldn’t cost an arm and a leg. Now, renting in Cambridge can feel like that – something critics say is made tougher by short-term rental websites like Airbnb, through which property owners can make more […]
September 20, 2017
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