Two years ago, Long Beach City College officials decided they had to do something to help homeless students who lived out of their cars, at least until it could find housing for them. So the school ...

While most college freshman were busy figuring out where the library is, and how to get along with their roommate, 23 year-old Jaci Cortez had much bigger concerns. As a homeless student, Cortez was ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. — To most at Long Beach City College, there’s nothing special about Parking Lot N — just another drab slab of asphalt near the center of campus. But to Edgar Rosales Jr., the lot ...

She's proof that even an elite college degree isn't the ticket to success it once was. Most of us have been told that high achievement and a college degree are the ticket to success. But the longer ...

Financial constraints are a primary barrier to student persistence, and a lack of permanent or stable housing can cause students to stop out. Nationally, 8 percent of undergraduate students experience ...

Assembly Bill 90 could have created safe parking programs for homeless community college students but faces likely defeat in the current legislative session. One in four of California’s 2 million ...

We work with the universities to make sure the students are staying in school,” said Depaul USA interim CEO Sandra Guillory.

More than a million-and-a-half college students in America are homeless. One college student experiencing homelessness in Colorado found support. Formerly homeless college student in Colorado finally ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students study in their campers on the Cal Poly Humboldt campus, which announced in October that sleeping in vehicles on campus ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. With more than 187,000 people sleeping on California’s streets and in its shelters, the state’s homeless services ...

Her T-shirt says Put Your Best Foot Forward above a picture of one stick figure kicking another in the butt. This pretty well sums up the personality of Jennifer Lohss, whose college story starts out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cal Poly Humboldt students Brad Butterfield and Maddy Montiel prepare to move their campers on Nov. 17. The university recently ...