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In 2022, Fort Lewis College launched its first housing assistance program to provide financial assistance and support for learners struggling with basic needs insecurity. The program has benefited from community and nonprofit support. Higher education institutions around the country are grappling with rising costs of living and how that can impact student enrollment and retention.

Improvements in healthcare affordability between 2019 and 2022 due to policies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic are reported in a June 12 Urban Institute report.

University of New Mexico senior Blake Hautzinger had heard the jokes about eating a lot of ramen in college. But they didn’t seem the type who would need to worry: The child of college educated parents who paid for tuition and fees to subsidize a...

Raphael Warnock exaggerates success rate for reaching child tax credit recipients

"This legislation has helped 97 percent of the families with children who are living in...

"This legislation has helped 97 percent of the families with children who are living in...

Sen. Raphael Warnock said the child tax credit passed under President Biden “has helped 97% of the families with children who are living in poverty.”

Expanded CTC payments helped reduce food insecurity.