by Brittney Pless | May 7, 2024 | Blog, Letters from our Executive Director
Like many people I know, I spent many hours as a child “playing school” in my basement. Occasionally I had to be the student while my younger sister bossed me around, but mostly, I was the teacher. Looking back, there were a shocking number of unruly imaginary...
by Believe in Students | Apr 1, 2024 | Blog, Letters from our Executive Director
Dear Friend: We are in an extraordinarily challenging time for higher education. In 2020, the pandemic helped shed light on the issues we have long known are true: the increase in the price of college for students and the accompanying rise in basic needs insecurity...
by Believe in Students | Jul 1, 2023 | Letters from our Executive Director
“Ensuring a diverse student body in higher education helps everyone, not just those who, due to their race, have directly inherited distinct disadvantages with respect to their health, wealth, and well-being.” –Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson I’m writing this letter in...
by Believe in Students | Apr 1, 2023 | Letters from our Executive Director
Last week, I had the opportunity to be with a small group of our new Changemaker Fellows and some FAST Fund leaders at a convening of the University Professionals of Illinois, the union representing faculty and other academic support professionals on seven of the...
by Believe in Students | Nov 1, 2022 | Letters from our Executive Director
The COVID-19 pandemic shed a spotlight on the challenges many college students faced in meeting their basic needs. But, the pandemic did not create these challenges – our founder, Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab, published a book on the topic in 2016 – and now, as federal...
by Believe in Students | Sep 18, 2022 | Letters from our Executive Director
Dear Friends, As we continue to adjust to life after the COVID-19 pandemic, the mission of Believe in Students to help college students meet basic living expenses while working to obtain their degrees remains more relevant and urgent than ever. We all continue to...
