Food, Housing Insecurity May Be Keeping College Students From Graduating [npr.org]

Alicia Doktor 4/4/183:41 PM

In college, it's hard to learn while you're hungry.

That's a message Temple University higher education policy professor Sara Goldrick-Rab has been getting throughout her career.

She self-identifies as a "scholar activist." She has advocated for free college, and in 2013 she founded the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, which aims to turn research about low-income students into policies that improve equitable outcomes in post-secondary education.

[For more on this story by LAUREL DALRYMPLE, go to https://www.npr.org/sections/t...ents-from-graduating]

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Jeanie TietjenMember

A recent poll at our campus indicates that 56% of our students are food insecure. I know many community colleges, state colleges and universities are doing all kinds of great things to partner with local food banks, pantries, etc. Food insecurity, housing insecurity---fundamental obstacles to student ability to be present and learning. At least these media spotlights on issues around higher ed represent the actual, holistic conversation through which we inquire into challenges and potential for change.

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