By Humboldt State Now, July 9, 2021
The Center for Equity in Higher Education (CEHE) will conduct research to reduce equity gaps in higher education and ensure that basic needs, such as food and housing, don’t stand between any student and a college degree.
The CEHE is made possible by $453,400 in combined seed funding from the California State University Chancellor’s Office to launch and staff the center. The financial investment is a clear sign of the University’s commitment to responding to widespread basic needs insecurity among students. The CEHE defines basic needs as the conditions necessary to survive and thrive, which includes safe and affordable housing, access to nutritious food and clean water, transportation, childcare, mental health resources, and more.
HSU’s Professor of Social Work Jennifer Maguire is a key architect behind the CEHE. Along with Social Work Professor Rashida Crutchfield at CSU Long Beach, Maguire found that 42 percent of CSU students experienced food insecurity while 11 percent reported experiencing homelessness at one time in a groundbreaking 2018 survey.
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