Daily Lumina News 110722

Like the majority of community colleges in America, Cuyahoga Community College does not have any dormitories or residences. But that's about to change.
A partnership with Cleveland State University will result in the creation of the Cleveland Scholar House: a 40-unit apartment building for single student parents. More than housing, residents will receive wrap-around support like on-site childcare, access to academic counseling, financial advising, and more.

About 40 percent of colleges across the country consider race as one factor in admissions. But the U.S. Supreme Court could soon change that. In a number of states, affirmative action is already outlawed. In California, voters passed a ban called proposition 209 more than 25 years ago.
In this interview, Femi Ogundele of the University of California, Berkeley talks about the impact of that decision—and how the school has tried to increase diversity since then.

Not that long ago, the politics of Watauga County—home to Appalachian State University—were aligned with its western North Carolina neighbors. Things have changed. One of the biggest dividing lines? Education.
The voting shifts here mirror those in county after county across the United States, where the college degree has become a major marker in presidential politics.

At Fresno City College’s Career and Technology Center, tucked away in an industrial neighborhood near the city’s southern border, a dozen students are gathered around the wood framing of a small exterior wall.
The effort is the beginning of what will be the first of 24 tiny homes for people in need. Beyond the charitable goal, this construction project is teaching valuable learning skills to help students enter the labor force with real-life work experience.

California colleges often reduce financial aid to students when they earn private grants, a practice known as scholarship displacement. Students say it’s unfair to lose funds they’ve worked hard for and need to pay for soaring living costs.
This year, the state agreed, banning the practice for low-income students starting in the 2023-24 academic year.

Six months after Lincoln College closed its doors in May, many still wonder if more could have been done to save the college. In the aftermath, students have struggled to adjust, sometimes returning to places they had hoped to leave behind.
Lincoln’s story is becoming increasingly common. Since the start of the pandemic, nearly 30 nonprofit colleges have merged or closed permanently. What has happened to those left behind?