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Placing Community at the Center of Grantmaking: Meet the 2024 OER Spark Community Advisors
No one better understands the needs of the postsecondary community than those who directly implement, use, and benefit from OER. Join us in welcoming the Spark Community Advisors, who will ensure the Spark Grants funding cycle’s investments are community guided and effective.
Expanding the LIFTED Model, Welcoming the University of California, Riverside, as a Spark Grantee
Unlock opportunities for incarcerated students with UCR LIFTED! Through a Spark Grant, UCR will offer Bachelor of Arts degrees in a California prison. Learn about the expansion of the LIFTED model and join the model to create degree pathways in prison.
How Student Peers Will Tackle the SNAP Gap on California’s Campuses
The Student Basic Needs Coalition (SBNC) is addressing the significant gap in student enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by leveraging a student-led approach. Through a Spark Grant, they will support five or more California higher educational campuses, directly helping lessen food insecurity.
How Intersegmental Collaboration Can Address Housing Insecurity Among LA’s Community College Students
Housing is one of the most complex and expensive basic needs students and their families face. While most efforts are siloed in different systems and sectors, the Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges will seek to understand how to work across California’s higher educational systems to collaboratively house students.
Welcoming the 2023 Smart Justice Spark Grantees
The 2023 Smart Justice Spark Grantees are creating an educational summit to spread the Pathways to College model, helping incarcerated women build careers, and establishing a BA pipeline in prison.
Biden Can Limit Colleges’ Scheme to Tack Textbook Costs onto Tuition
Katie Wagman, Textbook Affordability Fellow, explores the impact of automatic textbook billing programs have on students and ways to protect students’ interests.
Newly Launched Pooled Fund Aims to Support Student Parents in California
The California Student Parent Pooled Fund seeks to address the unique challenges faced by student parents, fostering equity and systemic change for this overlooked demographic. Get to know the inaugural cohort of grantees!
New Online #RealCollege Curriculum to Help Educators Better Understand Basic Needs Insecurity
Through a Spark Grant, Believe in Students will center the voices of students struggling to meet their basic needs, while educating faculty and staff members through a new online offering of the #RealCollege Curriculum.