As housing insecurity threatens college student success across the country, schools are trying to alleviate the pressure by creating more living options. In Massachusetts, WBUR finds, two community colleges entered a partnership with the private American International College to house students at its campus. And at the University of Vermont, Vermont Public reveals, officials made plans to build hundreds of new student apartments, but the project has been stalled for months.
The Hechinger Report spotlights a Chicago-based nonprofit One Million Degrees, which provides community college students in the area crucial academic support. Now, thanks to a new partnership with the City Colleges of Chicago, which includes seven community colleges, the organization will automatically enroll every student on track to graduate in three years.