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Learning From The #RealCollege Movement

Dear Kevin,

We hope you are well. In this challenging time we are excited to bring yousome much-needed supports:

Wondering what to focus on for fall? Read our latest report: #RealCollegeDuring the Pandemic. Then join Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab, Dr. Frank HarrisIII, and Dr. Suzanna Martinez for a special webinar discussing thefindings.

Need help figuring out how to invest effectively in emergency aid, identifyyour students' needs, and advocate for resources? Sign up for our brandnew Emergency Aid project that allows your institution to take the#RealCollege survey for free this fall! Be sure to sign up by July 17!

Want to increase the scale of your basic needs outreach? Our COVID-19 #RealCollege Guide for Students is now available in Spanish.

Stay safe and take care,

The Hope Center Team

Our #RealCollege During the Pandemic report details basic needs insecurity for 38K+students at 54 institutions due to #COVID19 and offers actionable suggestions for

institutions and policymakers.

Read the report

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We are pleased to share the launch of our newest project "Emergency Aid During thePandemic: Improving Equitable Practice and Documenting Impact."

Please join us this fall to examine how students are impacted by emergency aid during thepandemic, and what institutions and policymakers can do to increase that equitableimpact.

This is your chance to field the #RealCollege Fall Survey for free and receive aconfidential report, and much more.

Join us on June 30 at 3:30pm EST to learn more, ask questions and sign up

You can learn more and sign up now with the link below-- space is limited and thedeadline is July 17!

Sign up now

Read the guide in English or Spanish

Surviving COVID-19:A #RealCollege Guide for Students

Dear #RealCollege student,

You may be dealing with a lot right now, butknow that you are not alone!

Our guide for college students (available inEnglish & Spanish) has many resourcesthat can help you get through the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Guide for Child Welfare andEducation Professionals andAdvocates!

We partnered with Juvenile Law Center torelease a guide that provides informationfor advocates & supporters of youth in thechild welfare system on how to leverage

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Read the guidekey resources available to youth withexperience in foster care in Pennsylvania.

NEW Webinar:#RealCollege During the Pandemic

Register up for the webinar

Apply now

We Are Hiring!

We are currently seeking a Director ofCommunications who can take data andtransform it into a compelling story.

This is a full-time executive leadershipteam role. Join us to take an excitingequity-minded organization to the nextlevel.

Staff SpotlightThe Hope Center has grown a lot in thepast two years.

This week get to know Eddy Conroy, ourAssociate Director of ResearchCommunications.

What is your favorite part of the workyou do?

Helping people understand that thestereotype of what they think college andstudents look like, is not the reality of mostpeople's college experience.

Who inspires you?

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My little sisters. They are two of the hardestworking, most badass people you evercould meet.

Favorite book of all time?

The Lord of the Rings.

Something surprising that most peopledo not know about you?

I am a trained rock climbing instructor,albeit a bit out of practice

We talk a lot about hope being astrategy here, what is your hope forhigher ed and the work that we do?

That we stop messing around with meanstested everything and get serious aboutpublic funding for higher education.

#RealCollege Issues In The News

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Report: Students Facing Insecurity,Anxiety Due to Pandemic

Nearly 60 percent of respondents in ournew #RealCollege During the Pandemicreport said they experienced insecurity ofbasic needs in the 30 days prior to takingthe survey. Broken down by race,71 percent of black students, 65 percent ofHispanic students, and 52 percent of whitestudents said they were experiencingbasic-needs insecurity.

Read more about the report in this articleby Inside Higher Ed

During the Pandemic, 3 in 5 StudentsFace Food and Housing Insecurity, aNew Study Finds

It’s no secret that college students arestruggling with food, housing and job insecurityduring the COVID-19 pandemic. Read moreabout our new #RealCollege During thePandemic report in this piece by DiverseEducation.

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College Students Are FacingIncreased Homelessness and FoodInsecurity Since the CoronavirusClosed Campuses

"Those rates are troubling because of thecorrelation between basic needs securityand degree completion. Many studies nowshow that students dealing with basicneeds insecurity are less likely to remainenrolled." - says Sara Goldrick-Rab in herinterview with Money about our new#RealCollege During the Pandemic report.

College students Raising KidsWere In Crisis Before Coronavirus.Lockdown Made It Worse

A degree is transformative for#RealCollege parenting students and theirchildren! Sara Goldrick-Rab and NicoleLynn Lewis offer tangible actions highereducation institutions can and should taketo support AND show they value parentingstudents.

Read the op-ed

Read the article

Cerritos College OpensCalifornia’s First HousingExclusively forHomeless Students

Our #RealCollege survey last yearfound more than half of of CerritosCollege’s students were at risk oflosing or had lost their housing.

"That fact was the driving reason whythe college, located in Norwalk, southof Los Angeles, opened the state’sfirst housing project for communitycollege students facing housinginsecurity."

Will 2020 Crises PermanentlyDerail Community CollegeStudents’ Educations?

More so than at other colleges, therepercussions of the pandemic havereverberated deeply at Bunker HillCommunity College, a school that servesprimarily part-time students who juggle

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families and jobs, and even in normal timesstruggle with basic needs.

Read the article

More of What We're Reading

Economists' Silence on Racism Is 100 Years in the making | Opinion

A Housing 'Apocalypse' Is Coming as Coronavirus Protections Across theCountry Expire

A Time to Reimagine Community Colleges – Community College Daily

‘Higher Education Essentially Preserves Intergenerational Racial and ClassInequality’: How Coronavirus Could Make It Worse

DeVos Doubles Down on Policy Shutting Vulnerable College Students Out ofEmergency Grants

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