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Beyond the Campus Food Pantry

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Institutional strategic plans and budgets should strive to offer a culture of continuous support from the moment a student starts school, with comprehensive and integrated basic needs systems that include financial aid, employment services, health supports, and case managers.

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Report: Community Colleges Are Leaving Millions in Medicaid Funding on the Table

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Eligible health services include but are not limited to, psychological services, counseling, nursing services, physical therapy, Medicaid outreach and case management. Ironically, thats the same challenge students face when accessing other funding like financial aid and SNAP, said Goldrick-Rab.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In addition to support services that include financial aid and academic advising, an example of supporting Latinx student success is the CSUSB Impact Internship, developed by the university’s Undocumented Student Success Center. Morales, president of CSUSB. The number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to Latinx students has grown.

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Rising to the Challenge on Student Basic Needs Work

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Students require and deserve far more than band-aids. They should only need to visit a food pantry once; after that they ought to be connected to programs like SNAP, financial aid, and related programs to meet their needs in an ongoing way. What else can and should we do? The next step is to reach higher and work together.

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Radford University Low-Income Students Get Leg Up with $1.2M Grant

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In doing that, we have been moving more toward case management models of holistic approach,” said Trageser. Currently, all Virginia public four- and two-year institutions have received an award of varying sizes,” said Andes.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions.

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Housing First, Graduation Follows: Lessons from the College Housing Assistance Program

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Staff must be equipped to provide high quality case management services in many ways that mimic the important work of social workers, which includes coordinating needed support with community agencies. Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab is author of Paying the Price, College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream.