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In a nation that is increasingly disillusioned with higher education, United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) is focusing on the holistic needs of its students in order to increase enrollment and build community. UTTC, located in Bismarck, North Dakota, is providing free childcare and food assistance, along with tuition support, to ensure that college is possible for its students.
The number of on-campus child-care centers has declined over the last 10 years, with the steepest declines taking place in the community-college sector. Only 45 percent of public academic institutions offered child-care services in 2019, according to research by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
Sixteen U.S. colleges and universities have teamed up in a new effort to help students from rural and small communities attain an undergraduate degree. The Small Town and Rural Students (STARS) College Network aims to build new pathways to college for students who might not otherwise recognize all their options.
The goal of the STARS College Network is to get students from rural and small towns in the door at the nation's top colleges to graduation and into jobs.
April Belback, director of student success at the University of Pittsburgh, shares about her work launching the institution’s Student Success Hub and the importance of belonging in the student experience.
Leslie Napolitano juggles motherhood, a job and classes at Luzerne County Community College. An in-school food pantry ensures she always has enough food to feed herself and her family. "The support is huge," the 36-year-old Coaldale resident said. "Food insecurity is a real thing when you have kids.
CalFresh eligibility expanded during the pandemic to include college students on a few different kinds of approved work study programs. Students whose families could not contribute any funds towards their education, based on financial aid declarations, were also included in the eligibility pool, as long as other requirements were met too. The work study and family contribution eligibilities are going away in June.
Presents key data that show the continuing educational inequities and opportunity gaps for students of color and low-income students and highlights promising practices that many colleges are taking to advance success for students of all backgrounds.
Provides a library of information concerning assessment, evaluation, and research methodology. Resources include tutorials, FAQs, abstracts, digests, journals, web links, and other publications.
Explores the experiences of community college students in the areas of assessment, placement, and developmental education. The report critically examines the "broken state" of developmental education and the implications it has on the academic outcomes of underprepared students.