Yesterday, our Director Anne E. Lundquist delivered a keynote on equity in assessment at Howard University for Assessment Day 2024! It's crucial that we center equity in all of our work to ensure higher ed creates opportunity for all students.

The Hope Center led 168 organizations representing a diverse coalition calling on Congress to address the urgent crisis of food insecurity among students in higher education as lawmakers work to reauthorize the Farm Bill this year.

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We’re a fully remote org so when more than two of us are together IRL it’s nothing short of magical!

Headed to the 2024 @NASPATweets conference? Don’t forget to stop by our booth and meet our colleagues—including one of our new additions, Sarah Stanfield!

A privilege and a joy to listen, share and learn with these essential human rights advocates.

We're honored to be Trinity Church Wall Street today w/ the Petrie Foundation, Robin Hood, and The City University of New York to discuss student basic needs challenges and solutions.

Our director Anne E. Lundquist is speaking (and our awesome Senior Director of Research Dr. Christine Leow is in the house!)

Today I was BLESSED to get take out & I watched a good brother work his tail off during lunch rush. I REMEMBER working a grill & jobs like these, WAY to often we overlook these workers & STIGMA outweighs education, THIS IS HARD DAMN WORK, SALUTE TO ALL THESE WORKERS REAL TALK ❤️

Many students don’t access basic needs supports simply because they don’t know that help exists.

In our new report about racial disparities in basic needs access, we include recs for colleges so they can make students feel more supported.

Read: 👇
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ICMYI: Our newest report on racial disparities in basic needs access among college students lays out several policy recommendations that institutions and lawmakers can implement to support Black, Brown, and other non-White student populations.

Read: 👇

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Parenting students in North Carolina continue to face disproportionately high rates of basic needs insecurity due to understaffed state child care centers & the expiration of federal pandemic aid.

“I SOLEMNLY PLEDGE to dedicate my life to svc of humanity..I WILL SHARE my knowledge for pt benefit & advancement of healthcare”⚕️

Honored again to be asked as a “coater” Lewis Katz School of Medicine 🥼 Ceremony

“Assure that you are a pursuer of the possible!” Altha Stewart, M.D.

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The Hope Center proudly joins our partners at Higher Learning Advocates & nearly 50 other orgs calling on Congress to reduce food insecurity for students with low incomes and remove barriers to SNAP in the #FarmBill . 1 in 3 college students don't have enough to eat.
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Want to learn how #HigherEd can fight the student mental health crisis? Tune in Wednesday at 12 p.m. EST, with our fantastic Dr. Sara Abelson, Sarah Ketchen Lipson (she/her), Dr. Eisenberg, & ACE’s @HollieChessman! Register here: 👇

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Join us on 7/26 at 12 p.m. EST as we dive deeper into your questions about supporting student mental health! We'll be joined by our fantastic Dr. Sara Abelson, as well as Sarah Ketchen Lipson (she/her), Dr. Eisenberg & ACE's Dr Hollie Chessman.

Register:👇bit.ly/answeringwhatw…

We are so grateful to be in community with exceptional leaders like Mary-Pat! Kudos to her for stepping into this new role at Rise! We look forward to the magic they’ll create together. 🥳

Learn more about her on our blog: 👇

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The Supreme Court has ruled that President Biden does not have emergency authority to cancel student debt. This decision makes pathways to financial security far more difficult, especially for marginalized groups.

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Around 14% of college students experience some form of homelessness, says The Hope Center. This fall, through the new $75M Transformation Fund, SUNY will introduce homeless liaisons to help housing-insecure students meet their needs and succeed in college.

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SCOTUS' decision on the Biden-Harris administration's one-time student debt cancellation program has the potential to impact millions of borrowers across the country. Here's what you need to know 👇

Catch our fantastic director Anne E. Lundquist in Chicago TOMORROW at ACPA Assessment Institute. Anne and Gavin Henning from New England College will share insights from their recently released book about centering equity in higher ed. Come say hi! 👋

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✨📰Our newsletter just dropped📰✨

Closing out Community College Month (but never our celebration of them!) we've got 👇

✅A Q&A with @comm_college's DEI director Dr. Kevin Christian
✅A Hope-led coalition letter on 'cost of attendance'
✅Much more!

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