Tag: food insecurity

Community Colleges

Report Analyzes Effects of COVID-19 on Texas Students’ Mental Health, Employment and Basic Needs Insecurity

A new report, “#RealCollege2021: Basic Needs Insecurity Among Texas College Students During the Ongoing Pandemic,” analyzed around 13,000 student responses from 14 colleges and universities within the state between September and November 2020.

May 18, 2021

News Roundup

AU’s Humanities Truck Project Distributes Food to Local D.C. Communities

Beginning as a public history initiative, American University’s (AU) Humanities Truck Project has since transitioned to addressing food insecurity in Washington D.C. neighborhoods during COVID-19, the university reported. After receiving a $100,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation in December, the truck expanded its efforts by partnering with seven organizations including Kyanite Kitchen, DC Central […]

April 22, 2021

African-American

Creating Equitable Classroom Environments

The decision to pivot to remote learning brought its own set of challenges for countless children and families across diverse communities. Foremost, were the ongoing efforts to create, establish, and maintain a caring and equitable classroom environment with actively engaged children and their families.

April 22, 2021

Latest News

Report Details COVID-19’s Massive Impact on Student Food Insecurity

Five urban public universities participated in research to identify the impact of food insecurity and present viable solutions.

March 26, 2021

Community Colleges

Community College Leaders Strategize Solutions to Student Success Barriers

As the challenges—enrollment, limited technology access, food and housing insecurities—persist from the COVID-19 pandemic, community colleges are seeking solutions. The virtual Innovations Conference, hosted by the League for Innovation in the Community College this week, is providing a space for community college leaders to collaborate and problem solve strategies to promote student success.

March 2, 2021

News Roundup

Sodexo and Swipe Out Hunger Expand Free Meal Program to 100 U.S. Campuses

Sodexo and Swipe Out Hunger, a national nonprofit dedicated to ending student hunger, are expanding their Meal Swipe Bank program to 100 U.S. campuses by the end of 2021. The expansion of the program comes after a successful pilot that ran last spring, in which 15,500 meals were served to 1,100 students across 12 campuses. […]

November 18, 2020

Latest News

Report Examines Basic Needs Insecurities of Instructional Staff at Colleges and Universities

A new report from the Hope Center for College, Community and Justice analyzed the rates of basic needs insecurity among faculty and staff at higher education institutions.

November 16, 2020

HBCUs

The Unique Challenges Faced By HBCU Students During COVID

Paul Quinn College President Michael Sorrell has been a leading advocate in higher education for students returning to in-person learning only when it is safe to do so. So while it was no surprise when he announced that our school’s classes would continue remotely because of COVID concerns, our students, as well as those at other Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), suddenly faced obstacles that students learning remotely at many other schools may not have encountered.

October 26, 2020

COVID-19

During the Pandemic, 3 in 5 Students Face Food and Housing Insecurity, a New Study Finds

It’s no secret that college students are struggling with food, housing and job insecurity during the coronavirus pandemic. But a new study from the Hope Center For College, Community, and Justice detailed the magnitude of the problem, surveying 38,602 students at 54 colleges and universities in 26 states.

June 15, 2020

African-American

Student Parents Face Severe Housing and Food Insecurity, a New Report Finds

Student parents face severe housing and food insecurity, according to a new report from the Hope Center For College, Community, and Justice, a research center focused on college completion.

May 7, 2020

COVID-19

Senators Urge Congress to Activate Food Assistance Program for Students

To help college students access food and nutrition during the COVID-19 pandemic, Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Murphy (D-CT) and 14 of their colleagues called for the activation of the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP), in a letter sent to Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell […]

April 27, 2020

Students

What Will Happen to the Most Vulnerable Student Populations During the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis?

Over the last few days, hundreds of colleges and universities have decided to encourage students to move out as soon as possible and handle the remainder of the academic semester online. While major precautions are necessary to help avoid making this public health crisis any worse, the announcements have made one thing clear: institutions assume that students will be able to figure out where to live, how to eat, and how to finish the semester in a matter of days.

March 12, 2020