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Food Insecurity and College Students: A Few Articles

Use this guide to find information on food insecurity and college students

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Powell, Merrah. (2021, June 23). Oregon bill funds 'benefits navigators' at public university, colleges.  OPB. 

Deng, Jireh, Delgado, Nicole, Crutchfield, Rashida, & Ibarra, Stephanie.  (2021, February 18). It's time to take college student hunger and homelessness seriously.   EdSurge 

Hillsborough Community College opens food pantry to help feed struggling students. (2019, January 15).   ABC Action News WFTS

Jackson, L. (2019, January 9).  The U. S. did a major report on campus hunger. Here are 3 takeaways.  The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Brown, D. (2019, December 4). USF's food pantry initiatives fight student hunger, stigma.  WUSF News.

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Bauer-Wolf, Jeremy (2017, August 1)   Students without food.  Inside Higher Ed.  Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/08/01/study-many-community-college-students-struggle-access-food

 

Carapezza, Kirk.  (2017, February 8).  The number of hungry and homeless students rises along with college costs.  NPR   https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/02/08/513902272/the-number-of-hungry-and-homeless-students-rises-along-with-college-costs

 

Diamond, K. K., & Stebleton, M. J. (2017, April 11).    “Do You Understand What It Means to be Hungry?” Food Insecurity on Campus and the Role of Higher Education Professionals (psu.edu) 

 

Goldrick-Rab, Sara.  (2017, November 7).  Poverty is largely invisible among college students.  Talk Poverty.  Retrieved from

https://talkpoverty.org/2017/11/07/poverty-largely-invisible-among-college-students/​

 

Reed, Matt  (2017, October 24). "I chose abuse, because it seemed safer": A report from the #RealCollege conference on food insecurity of students   Inside Higher Ed  Retrieved from

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions-community-college-dean/%E2%80%9Ci-chose-abuse-because-it-seemed-safer

 

United States. GAO. Better Information Could Help Eligible College Students Access Federal Food Assistance Benefits  GAO-19-95: Published: Dec 21, 2018. Publicly Released: Jan 9, 2019.