Student Resources
The Future of Pride: Protect Our Community
At Believe in Students, one of our seven guiding principles is to Value Learning, reflecting our commitment to grow together through curiosity, reflection, and shared exploration. One way we live this out is by observing and honoring cultural, community, and heritage...
Start the Journey: New #RealCollege Curriculum Courses Available Now
We’re excited to share an update on the new courses now available for campus and individual use! ICYMI: Last fall we announced the launch of the #RealCollege Curriculum, a masterclass for higher education professionals and their partners, designed to help colleges and...
Showing Up, Speaking Out, and Supporting Students—Faculty and Staff Are Doing It All
As I am writing this post, campuses all across the country are deciding – some already have decided – how to respond to various directives and threats of withholding funding from the federal government. In perhaps the largest financial threat, Harvard University has...
Resolution to Honor Richard Binswanger for His Services as Chair of the Board of Believe in Students
In December 2024, Believe in Students celebrated a significant milestone as our founding Board Chair, Richard Binswanger, stepped down from his position. The following resolution, presented by our incoming Board Chair, Jesse Thompson, expresses our profound gratitude...
Preparing for 2025
Believe in Students was founded in 2016, at the dawn of the first Trump administration. After years of changing higher education finances, the burden on students had become so great that studies regularly showed that more than half of all college students struggled...
Advancing the #RealCollege Movement
I arrived at Believe in Students in April 2020, just as the pandemic was rocking the world and changing college campuses, in some ways permanently. My job when I arrived was to figure out how to utilize incredibly generous philanthropic support to provide emergency...
Protected: Real College Curriculum – Course One – Final Version
Welcome to Course One!Course One, The Students We Have, examines the current landscape of basic needs insecurity in higher education. Through five chapters, the course challenges traditional assumptions about today’s college students and provides a deeper...
What it Means to Appreciate Teachers
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...
Letter from the Exectuive Director : March 2024
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...