Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2024

million college students experienced food insecurity in 2020, according to student data analysis from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The Government Accountability Office found that an estimated 23% of college students experienced food insecurity in 2020. "Bobby" Scott An estimated 3.8

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JANUARY 9, 2024

The National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS) has released its “ Campus Dining: 2030 and Beyond ” report, adding that it reveals the values of a new generation of students and non-student staff and management. By serving so much more than food, we are empowering the next generation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2023

Over the last decade, the number of food pantries on campuses has swelled from 80 to around 800. Now, new data from the 2020 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study has provided the first nationally representative picture: more than one in five undergraduates experience food insecurity. Their estimates are wrong,” said Goldrick-Rab.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2025

Under Currys leadership, their efforts grew into a larger task force committed to addressing housing, food, and basic needs for the student body. Curry also became one of the founding chairpersons of the Chief Executive Officers of the California Community Colleges Affordability, Food & Housing Access Taskforce in spring 2018.

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Great College Advice

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

One of the most important factors students think about when deciding which colleges to apply to: where is the best college food? A campus visit priority: test for the best college food Do you plan to eat in a campus dining hall during your college visit? How do you know it’s the best college food? Maybe you should!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The National Black Food & Justice Alliance (NBFJA) and Florida A&M University (FAMU) are launching a center to address the lack of and support Black farmers. The center will also seek to develop local maps for food infrastructure and preserve food cultures and foodways of Black, indigenous, and other marginalized farmers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

They see if their parents have enough money to pay rent, buy food and clothes and put gas in their cars. Children of currently enrolled college students are witnesses in real time to how institutions support or fail their parents. They notice when mom or dad is absent because they’re commuting long distances to class.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Austin Community College (ACC) will offer free food, housing services, and family support as part of an effort to strengthen student services, KXAN reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) New Beginning for Tribal Students (NBTS) program was created to help increase the retention and graduation rate of Tribal students attending 1994, 1862, and 1890 land-grant universities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). The SNAP E&T program is an opportunity to serve those with food insecurity in their communities while also expanding access to education and training on campuses. The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) has received a three-year, $1.56 Jee Hang Lee.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

“We are proud to support Paul Quinn College in their mission to create a transformative and sustainable campus environment that addresses critical needs like housing, transportation, and food security for students,” said Kelley Cornish, CEO and President, T.D. Jakes Foundation.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2024

GAO Report on Students’ Food Insecurity Highlights SNAP Gap Katherine Knott Thu, 07/25/2024 - 03:00 AM The latest federal study on food insecurity among college students underscores the need for more systemic changes to the federal food-assistance program. Byline(s) Katherine Knott

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University Business

JANUARY 6, 2025

Living expenses, such as housing and food, still can leave aspiring students with a surprising price tag. A pair of reports from the College Board found that the cost of housing rose by 14% more than inflation between 2010 and 2020, and that room and board and food at a public four-year college now costs more than tuition.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

There are needs with food, housing, mental health support and counseling. … “Title V allows us to meet academic needs in really wonderful ways with tutoring and professional development for faculty, but our students have a lot of other needs and we’re seeing that more and more,” said Fabrizio.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Most of Virginia’s public universities and colleges are aware of student food insecurity at their institutions, according to a November survey conducted by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. 80% labeled on-campus food insecurity as a “somewhat” or “very” problematic issue. Read more at Virginia Mercury.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Last year, the National Library of Medicine released a study on the impact of human consumption of ultra-processed foods. Surgeon General issued a new advisory regarding the link between alcohol and cancer risk. You deserve to live a quality life.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Additionally, there should be sustained funding to ensure college students with the most need can access essential resources like food and housing. Increase Resources Dedicated to FAFSA Simplification : The Department of Education should dedicate more resources to simplifying the FAFSA.

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University Business

JANUARY 31, 2025

Food insecurity on college campuses is a growing national problem. Research has found similar percentages at Virginia colleges like Virginia Commonwealth University , Virginia Tech , and Virginias Community Colleges , where patchwork systems of on-campus food pantries are often ill-equipped to help students deal with this issue.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

We both are dedicated advocates for all people who live in poverty, food deserts, and other deeply challenging situations. We suspect that some readers have also shared our lived experiences and angst about general wealth - not just income but leaving a legacy. Why are Blacks most Likely to be Low Income?

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University Business

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In this 30-minute Ed Talk, learn how food impacts key staff initiatives beyond the dining hall and how Quinsigamond Community College provides its staff with the catered meetings and events they crave without overhauling their current food service system.

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University Business

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Most of Virginia’s public universities and colleges are aware of student food insecurity at their institutions, according to a November survey conducted by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. 80% labeled on-campus food insecurity as a “somewhat” or “very problematic issue.” Read more at WYDAILY.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 8, 2024

Nearly 60 percent of college students in New Mexico experienced food insecurity in the 2022–23 academic year, while 62 percent were housing insecure, according to a statewide study that included nearly all of the state’s institutions of higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

As an undergraduate at Tulane, Henry experienced firsthand the town-gown divide in New Orleans, describing the university as a place that haunted New Orleans, but was not really there for most New Orleanians except for the ability to work there as a custodian or as someone in food service.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

A half-million-dollar budget proposal could be a game-changer for Virginia college students struggling with food insecurity. Glenn Youngkin to follow the Senates lead and support the funding, which would establish a food pantry grant program to help students in need. Advocates are urging House lawmakers and Gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Ten years ago, most college students short of money for food would have difficulty finding a food pantry on campus. Food insecurity wasn’t a widely recognized problem in higher education and “student basic needs” wasn’t a field of practice. Indeed, in several states those staff are required and supported by legislatures.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

Students experiencing basic needs insecurity are struggling to access reliable housing, nutritious food, or both. Food-insecure students are more likely to fail or drop out of education, according to another 2021 UNM study. It is now connected to running water and has refrigerators for more food options.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will be part of a federal initiative to recruit and retain underrepresented minority students in food and agriculture careers. Dr. Nina Lyon-Bennett As part of the U.S. The ability to afford tuition is a major factor impacting student enrollment, retention, and persistence to graduation.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The legislators said that the legislation would combat the basic needs crisis by allocating funding to help students access nutritious food, safe and secure housing, mental and physical health care, high-quality and affordable childcare, technology, transportation, personal hygiene, and other necessities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 29, 2024

Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture plans to invest nearly $1 million in a new project at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University to help advance environmental justice in agriculture through the school’s Agricultural and Food Research Initiative (AFRI.)

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University Business

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Food insecurity among college students is a more significant issue than one might imagine. Seeing a lack of easily accessible food in its own state, The Tennessee Higher Education Commission and the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation outlined several measures institutions can take to curb hunger on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Phil Murphy The navigation tool provides students a place to look up resources and information for matters such as housing, food, transportation, childcare, and state assistance processes. At least one in every three students faces food insecurity, one in four is a parent while studying, and one of every two may be housing insecure.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 30, 2024

Students’ connection with CHAP helped them to more easily access other supports, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), two federal programs that address food insecurity. It might show that it’s not food people need, it’s housing.” Harrell II, president of TCC.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2025

Yet the humanity of formerly incarcerated Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab students is too often marginalized, even overlooked, in campus programs addressing issues like food and housing insecurity. That effort and others like it are essential services for basic needs in college. Being members of an unprotected class (a term used by Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

All the while, Curry has kept his focus on expanding equity for his students, with his sights specifically on food and housing insecurity, an issue that impacts many of his students. In collaboration with the Los Angeles County Food Bank, Compton College offers a mobile food pantry.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 5, 2024

The needs start with physiological essentials such as food, water, shelter, clothing, and sleep. Unfortunately, many campuses fall short in evaluating whether their food options appropriately cater to diverse ethnic and cultural dietary needs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 28, 2025

I can grow food. Being raised on a farm taught him important lessons about self-sufficiency. If we were in an apocalypse tomorrow, I would not die, says Ford, who currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. Downstairs I got peppers. I got sixteen blueberry trees outside. Being raised on a farm also informed Fords work ethic in academe.

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Experiential Learning Depot

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

A warm and safe place to live with hot food on the table is non-negotiable. Holiday Food Drive Have your students organize a food drive to collect non-perishable items and deliver them to local food banks or shelters to support families in need. No, winter sports gear itself is not a necessity like food and shelter.

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