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Beyond the Campus Food Pantry

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As the holidays approach, today’s colleges and universities are increasingly marked by overflowing donation bins containing canned goods collected by every student organization and faculty department to stock the campus food pantry. Over the last decade the food pantry became a higher education trend.

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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Under Currys leadership, their efforts grew into a larger task force committed to addressing housing, food, and basic needs for the student body. I announced at one of our professional development days the need to build student housing, and I think people were like, What is he talking about, he recalls.

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Report Details How Titles III and V of the Higher Education Act Could Better Serve Students of Color and Low-Income Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. There are needs with food, housing, mental health support and counseling. …

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The #RealCollege Curriculum Masterclass Prepares Faculty and Staff to Holistically Support Student Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over the last decade there’s been terrific work done to put basic needs and holistic student supports on the map, such that now most colleges and universities recognize the issue, have a food pantry, and some even have basic needs navigators and centers,” said Goldrick-Rab.

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Report Examines Fragmented Reentry Services for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Attending College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Basic needs services on campuses include food and housing assistance, but reentering students may not know about these services, noted Pokornowski. Their inclusion, their belonging, well-being and their ability to access and use campus basic needs, that for me was one of the really big takeaways.”

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Nourishing Hearts and Minds: Academic Advisors at Marshall University Give Back to Students by Donating to the Campus Food Pantry during the Second Annual Academic Advisor Summer Retreat.

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Almost half of all college students in the United States are food insecure. The struggle of food insecurity is real at Marshall University and in the Huntington community. With the goal of addressing food insecurity on campus and in the community, the retreat organizers planned a food donation drive.

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Unapologetic Leadership Thought: Freedom Dreaming

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When addressing students’ basic needs, community colleges would have grocery stores, food pantries, laundry, and shower facilities available to all students, 24/7. When possible, community colleges would grow fruit and vegetables on campus for students to grab and go throughout the day.