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Housing is tight for many college students in California. But for students with prison records, it's especially difficult. Yet having a home, with space to study and supportive roommates, can make all the difference in whether these students succeed.
In this interview, Jimmy Conner describes how his path from prison to college was transformed by a campus housing initiative for formerly incarcerated students.

Soon after Elon Musk's chaotic takeover of Twitter, some not-so-popular changes began happening. Huge numbers of employees found themselves without jobs, and plans to reinstate accounts previously banned for threats or spreading misinformation were put in place.
Whether Twitter is destined for a fast or slow downfall, or no downfall at all, remains to be seen. But many in higher education circles have already reassessed their futures on the social media platform and changed their tweeting habits.

Online students and adult learners are increasingly an area of focus for colleges and universities nationwide. But there's another large group of non-traditional students on the horizon: incarcerated students.
Some 700,000-plus incarcerated adults will become eligible to receive Pell Grants beginning in July 2023, enabling them to pursue a federally funded college education for the first time since the 1990s.

Today’s postsecondary students earn college credit in different ways and from different sources. A winding path, through multiple institutions and with multiple starts and stops, is typical.
Yet, many higher education institutions and the policy and infrastructure that support them are generally structured as if students follow a straight line from the beginning to the end of their postsecondary journey. This mismatch needs to change, advocates say.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review the legality of President Joe Biden’s loan-forgiveness plan, which is currently blocked by a lower court’s injunction.
The justices will hear oral arguments in February. Nearly 26 million borrowers have already applied for relief from the program since its announcement. Last week, in response to the setbacks in court, the Biden administration again extended the pause on student-loan payments.

Despite being accepted into every college she applied to, one barrier remained for Nayeli Sanchez: cost. She eventually landed at Metropolitan State University of Denver, where she acts as a peer mentor for other students facing educational barriers because of their immigration status.
Sanchez’s story is not unique—and it serves as another example of why concerns are rising over the possible end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.