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  • Campus religious groups step into a new realm: mental health counseling

    November 27, 2022 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    Organizations like the Muslim Mental Health Initiative and the Hillel mental health and wellness pilot program are helping connect students in need of mental health support with specialists who understand their religion to make the process more comfortable and less difficult.

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  • Organizing to Cancel Debt Fuels Systemic Change

    November 14, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    Occupy Wall Street ignited today's debt cancellation movement. Groups like the Debt Collective are winning victories, canceling predatory student debt and pushing systemic reforms like tuition-free college. Though incremental, these changes are rewriting policy and challenging racialized capitalism.

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  • Helping More HS Students ‘Cross the Finish Line' & Earn College Credit

    November 08, 2022 |

    Indiana Capital Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Indiana

    Indiana's Crossing the Finish Line program leverages COVID-19 relief funding to cover the cost of college-level credit for high school students. The program targets students who are only a few credits away from completing the state's College Core curriculum or receiving a technical credential.

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  • How a Foundation-driven Response Keeps Indigent Students in School

    November 07, 2022 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Oyo State

    Students who live in Afijio, with qualifying grades and involvement in the community, can apply for scholarships and aids like textbooks from the nonprofit Abel Ogundokun Odeleye Foundation. The foundation is working to ease the financial burden on students who may not be able to complete their education otherwise.

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  • Students-led Forum Bridging Lack Of Access To Career, Scholarship Opportunities In Sokoto Varsity

    October 29, 2022 |

    Africa.com |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto

    Two students created the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Scholars’ Forum and hold virtual meetings to give high-achieving students information on scholarships and academic opportunities that are often overlooked or unknown.

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  • Students with disabilities innovate ways to use spaces, products not designed for them

    October 26, 2022 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

    Students in the UC Berkeley Disability Lab gather to work on projects and inventions aimed at improving accessibility for those living with a disability. The lab also provides students living with disabilities with a sense of community among each other.

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  • Collegiate recovery programs gain traction on campus

    October 19, 2022 |

    Inside Higher Ed |

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    Response Location: United States

    Collegiate recovery programs or communities — like the Center for Collegiate Recovery Communities in Texas — are robust resources for students struggling to overcome substance use issues, whether they’re in long-term recovery or new to the process. Some offer scholarships for students in recovery, dedicated staff and counselors, and sober social activities.

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  • Scholarship Scheme Is Promoting Tertiary Education In Northern Nigeria

    October 10, 2022 |

    Campus Echoes |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The nonprofit Abdulkabir Aliu Foundation provides scholarships for over 300 students in Nigeria to pursue tertiary education and help reduce the number of illiterate adults in the country.

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  • How this Texas university helps farmworkers' kids through college

    September 28, 2022 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) is a federal program that was developed as a result of Lyndon B. Johnson’s Higher Education Act of 1965, which was aimed at helping students living in poverty navigate the education process. More than 2,890 students — mostly from low-income, Hispanic families who do seasonal farm work — have gone through the program over the past five decades.

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  • A university initiative plants 33,000 trees to fight climate change, COVID-19 poses a threat

    September 08, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Achoro-Ndiagu, Ebonyi

    Over 33,000 trees have been planted through the Campus Green Initiative at a Nigerian university. By planting the trees, they are able to mitigate the effects of strong winds that destroy buildings on campus. Funding the initiative can be difficult, but they are planning to grow the program to plant more trees.

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