<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/stories/qa-arion-jett-seals.html" dsn="news"><hide/><featured/><pubDate>10/27/2026</pubDate><title>Building a stronger network of support for struggling students: A Q&amp;A with Arion Jett-Seals</title><description>When students struggle to afford food, housing or childcare, their ability to succeed in college can suffer. Arion Jett-Seals of the Kentucky Student Success Collaborative discusses how Kentucky’s colleges are strengthening basic needs support, improving outreach and building campus-wide networks to help students access the resources they need to persist and graduate.</description><image><img src="/_resources/images/arionjettseals.png" alt="Arion Jett-Seals"/></image></item>