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How to Become a Basic Needs-Forward College: A Practical Guide
Join us as we unveil a new, practical guide to help colleges strengthen basic needs supports for students. The People-Centered Design team at SJI will share insights from our work with colleges and conversations with 20+ institutions, researchers, and practitioners nationwide on what makes a college "basic needs-forward." We'll also introduce assessment tools to help colleges evaluate and grow their capacity to provide the essential resources that students need.
You'll learn about:
- Creating a student-centered experience that prioritizes students' needs, interests, and experiences
- Seven foundational components necessary for sustainable basic needs supports
- A process for assessing your current basic needs services
- Strategies for building institutional capacity that centers student voices
- Using both qualitative and quantitative data to improve and advocate for basic needs services
This webinar is ideal for higher education administrators, faculty, and staff who want to build institutional capacity that supports students' basic needs in a sustainable way. Participants will leave with concrete tools to assess their institution's current state and chart a path to becoming basic needs-forward.
Bri Nguyen, Senior Managing Consultant, SJI
Bri Nguyen leads the People-Centered Design team at SJI, where she works with colleges, government agencies, and community organizations to elevate student and participant voices in improvement efforts. Drawing from 20 years of experience across the public, nonprofit, and private sectors, she helps cross-sector teams gather and use data more effectively, identify service and policy gaps, and design practical, sustainable solutions that meet the needs of those they serve.
Eileen Sleesman Calderon, Senior Research and Project Consultant, SJI
Eileen Calderon is a member of SJI’s People-Centered Design team. As part of this team, she provides applied research and technical assistance to partners seeking to learn from students or participants when assessing the impact of programs and making improvements. Eileen is completing a PhD in sociocultural anthropology at the University of Washington and has experience in qualitative research and analysis including in-depth ethnographic work.