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What springs to mind when I bring the words ‘homelessness’ and ‘university’ together?

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Homelessness and higher education may form a nice piece of alliteration when placed next to one another, but as a combination they are an oxymoron. Homelessness is a noun. Someone or something is ‘homeless’. I see higher education as a solution for many people facing homelessness and instability. Would you be?

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SOULS: The Academy’s Recipe for Transformation, Retention, and Creating a Better World

Insight Into Diversity

In the 1903 publication, the legendary Du Bois explored the philosophical-cum-spiritual dimensions of the then emancipated Black people, coupled with the needed societal changes tying them together through a prescient view of society and in dual identity and double-consciousness.

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Student housing used to be affordable. Why has it become an ‘asset class’ to enrich the already wealthy? | Leilani Farha

The Guardian - Higher Education

It is no longer, with the issue now an emblem of how our society is failing younger generations. In Canadian cities like Toronto and Calgary , where student residences are full and rents are soaring, some have little choice but to sleep in their cars or in homeless shelters.

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Embracing Change: Crafting Forward-Thinking Strategic Plans for Colleges in a Dynamic Society

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The study also found that 8% of undergraduates and 5% of graduate students are experiencing homelessness, accounting for more than 1.5 million students. In addition to food and housing insecurity, in 2021, data showed that 51% of students cited transportation as an area where they struggle.

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Black Men’s Mental Health Addressed During Black Men’s Research Institute Symposium

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He spoke to an audience of AUC students, administrators, and fellow physicians about what society can do differently in mental health. Mental health issues are ubiquitous, and they have a tremendous impact on our community,” Evans said.

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Malaysian UK alumni celebrated by British Council

The PIE News

The significant impact Malaysian UK alumni have made on their professions, societies, as well as home and host countries, was celebrated by the British Council during the Study UK Alumni Awards Malaysia 2024. “The UK is genuinely enriched by each and every one of you going to the UK, so thank you,” she addressed them.

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Can Cheating on Steroids in Colleges and Universities be Stopped?

Higher Ed Ethics Watch

Everyone cheats in society; this is the expected standard of behavior. Changing Ethical Standard in Society The underlying cause of cheating is a changing ethical standard about right and wrong in society. We live in a no consequences society. We need to have an open and honest dialogue about our cheating society.

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