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  • New tribal colleges offer ‘sense of belonging' for Native students but hit roadblocks

    August 05, 2021 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Indigenous students find a sense of community and belonging at new tribal colleges in California. As the racial group with the lowest rates of college attendance, indigenous students face a long list of obstacles. Having an alternative to mainstream universities gives more tribal members an opportunity to pursue higher education.

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  • How some college counselors are fighting back against pandemic-induced enrollment decline

    June 16, 2021 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, Riverside, California

    Riverside County launched College Comeback to address the COVID-19 related decline in graduating high school students going to college. Six counselors each spend 25 hours a week reaching out to the high school class of 2020 and holding one-on-one appointments to help students navigate application deadlines, financial aid, and California Dream Act forms, as well as provide information about technical programs and military service. Counselors’ stipends come from money previously allotted for travel, and since they are also trained mental health professionals, counselors provide emotional support as well.

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  • Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

    October 30, 2020 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The Oakland Youth Vote started as a youth-led ballot initiative to give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote for school board representatives. Student activism helped get the initiative on the November 2020 ballot and the Oakland City Council promised to fund and implement the measure if it is approved. The ballot measure passed with 67% of voters supporting it. Voting for school board representatives will allow students to have a say in the policies and decisions that shape their education and ensure that the diverse student body is appropriately represented.

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  • Los estudiantes quieren formas prácticas de influir en las decisiones sobre su educación

    October 29, 2020 |

    Noticias Telemundo |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    En Oakland, jóvenes han logrado poner a votación la posibilidad de que menores de edad participen en elecciones de junta escolar. Aunque no ha sido votado en Oakland todavía, las experiencias, éxitos y retos vividos por iniciativas similares en otros lugares generan muchas lecciones.

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  • Youth Vote Goes Virtual

    October 23, 2020 |

    Voices of Monterey Bay |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    California Students Vote Project, a public-private partnership, encourages college students to vote. Covid-19-adjusted strategies include sending out multiple emails, using social media, and encouraging peer-to-peer contacts to inform students about how to register to vote and the ways they can actually cast their ballots. Group representatives also visit Zoom classrooms to share information and some students have organized virtual events, such as political trivia night, to foster student engagement. Over 65,000 California students have registered to vote since August, triple the number from all of 2016.

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  • Colleges start looking for ways to house and feed their students who are homeless

    March 18, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Thirty-six percent of university and 46 percent of community college students in the United States are housing insecure. From providing monthly rent subsidies to allowing students living in their cars to park on campus to matching community college students with empty dorm rooms at nearby schools, colleges across the country are working with nonprofits and housing authorities to develop creative solutions.

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  • U.S. Faith Communities Are Tackling the Housing Crisis

    January 08, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    In cities like Denver, Seattle, and Chicago, faith-based communities use their land to aid in the affordable housing crisis. Because many communities of faith sit on large expanses of valuable land within city limits, they've begun using their land to offer housing for low-income families and other underserved community members.

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