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Formerly Incarcerated Students Are Humans First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yet the humanity of formerly incarcerated Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab students is too often marginalized, even overlooked, in campus programs addressing issues like food and housing insecurity. That is largely because these justice-impacted students are often invisible to educators, their identities simply erased.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Stewart previously served as the Secretary of Education for New Mexico and has inspired his thinking about how K-12 schools accessed student resources through Medicaid. A growing number of administrators are trying to offer that help to students but struggle to afford the costs.

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How Incarceration Impacts the Basic Needs of Loved Ones & Families

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When possible, build basic needs programming that focuses beyond the individual to the family systems that shape student success. Most institutions dont ask about justice involvement in their intake or support systems, making these students invisible by design. Second, collect better data.

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How UVU’s Student Success Specialists Build Connection Through Proactive Outreach

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Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Youtube Music | Full Transcript At Utah Valley University (UVU), student support doesn’t start and stop with a form or a deadline—it’s sustained through consistent, human connection. Small Shifts, Big Wins UVU’s success story isn’t just about peer texting. And it’s working.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

An example of where even completing a FAFSA—a requirement of North Star Promise—can clash with Native American culture is provided by Tiffany Gusbeth, vice president of student success services of the American Indian College Fund (College Fund). Among the larger two-year programs are law enforcement, nursing and human services.

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Algorithmic Bias Continues to Negatively Impact Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In their study, “ Inside the Black Box ,” researchers discovered that algorithms used to predict student success produced false negatives for 19% of Black and 21% of Latinx students, incorrectly calculating these percentages of students would fail out of college. All the algorithms can see and learn,” said Anahideh.

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Social Drivers of Health Are Affecting Your Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education confirmed that 8% of students experiences homelessness. Colorado’s Department of Higher Education frames its basic needs efforts with a “ social determinants of student success ” lens and the California Community College System uses a “ social determinants of education ” framework.

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