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• Who are Today's Students?

  Understanding who today’s students are is fundamental to creating a higher learning system that leads to their success. @Higher Learning Advocates’ Today’s Students 101 has been a north star in contextualizing who today’s students are and why their needs matter. In HLA’s 101, you will find: ✔️The newest data on student demographics and student needs, including their access to means-tested benefits, mental health challenges, food insecurity, and housing insecurity. ✔️Voices of our student partners who have shared their experience to and through higher learning. # TodaysStudents guide HLA’s work, focused on connecting opportunities, supporting students, and delivering value for this generation of learners (and the next one). In short, it’s a good thing: when we understand the challenges students face, we can effectively advocate on their behalf. You can read their 101 here: https://bit.ly/3h1scQL

  Understanding who today’s students are is fundamental to creating a higher learning system that leads to their success.
  
  @Higher Learning Advocates’ Today’s Students 101 has been a north star in contextualizing who today’s students are and why their needs matter. In HLA’s 101, you will find:
  
  ✔️The newest data on student demographics and student needs, including their access to means-tested benefits, mental health challenges, food insecurity, and housing insecurity.
  
  ✔️Voices of our student partners who have shared their experience to and through higher learning.
  
  # TodaysStudents guide HLA’s work, focused on connecting opportunities, supporting students, and delivering value for this generation of learners (and the next one). In short, it’s a good thing: when we understand the challenges students face, we can effectively advocate on their behalf.
  
  You can read their 101 here: https://bit.ly/3h1scQL

  
  

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• Different from Previous Generations

  #TodaysStudents are different from previous generations, and they share one common theme: having faced barriers and hardships of their own on their way to higher learning. Today’s students are: ✅More diverse in age, race, and income level ✅Commuting from off-campus housing ✅Participating in the workforce ✅Responsible for work and family affairs beyond the classroom Learn more about #TodaysStudents in @HigherLearnADV’s 101: https://bit.ly/3h1scQL

  #TodaysStudents are different from previous generations, and they share one common theme: having faced barriers and hardships of their own on their way to higher learning.
  
  Today’s students are:
  ✅More diverse in age, race, and income level
  ✅Commuting from off-campus housing
  ✅Participating in the workforce
  ✅Responsible for work and family affairs beyond the classroom
  
  Learn more about #TodaysStudents in @HigherLearnADV’s 101: https://bit.ly/3h1scQL

  
  

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• A Critical Time for Today's Students

  It's a critical time for students - and the country. U.S. colleges and universities enroll nearly 16 million students. Among the undergraduate population, 4 in 10 students leave college before completing a degree. Today, there are 39 million Americans with some college and no degree. Understanding who today’s students are and the challenges they face is fundamental to creating a higher learning system that leads to their success. What challenges do today’s students face? ▪️ 48% experience housing insecurity ▪️ 14% were homeless in the past year ▪️ 39% experience food insecurity You can learn more about supporting today’s students in @HigherLearnADV’s higher ed policy 101: https://bit.ly/3h1scQL

  It's a critical time for students - and the country.
  
  U.S. colleges and universities enroll nearly 16 million students. Among the undergraduate population, 4 in 10 students leave college before completing a degree. Today, there are 39 million Americans with some college and no degree.
  
  Understanding who today’s students are and the challenges they face is fundamental to creating a higher learning system that leads to their success.
  
  What challenges do today’s students face?
  
  ▪️ 48% experience housing insecurity
  ▪️ 14% were homeless in the past year
  ▪️ 39% experience food insecurity
  
  You can learn more about supporting today’s students in @HigherLearnADV’s higher ed policy 101: https://bit.ly/3h1scQL

  
  

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