Forty-seven percent of community college students say that financial problems could cause them to leave school. If we want to raise completion rates for millions of community college students, then we must make sure that they can pay for college — and for housing, food and other basic needs while in college. Make no mistake, a […]

Evelyn N. Waiwaiole
Evelyn N. Waiwaiole is director of the Center for Community College Student Engagement at the University of Texas — Austin.