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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When you picture a college student, what do you see? An 18–22-year-old living away from home for the first time in a dorm or a shared apartment? That image is out of date. Today, 40% percent of ...

Housing insecurity doesn't always mean living in a homeless shelter or out of a car. Sometimes it means falling behind on rent or utility payments. Other times it means couch surfing and doubling up.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. In this June 2017 photo, Wayne County Community College District student Jennifer Carr speaks during an interview in Detroit.

Two privately funded pilot programs are covering the rent for City University of New York students who face housing insecurity. Osemenga Celey-Okogun, 19, a biology major at Medgar Evers College in ...

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 ...