Welcome! Use this guide to find information about food insecurity and college students. The Hillsborough Community College campuses are setting up food pantries to help students facing food insecurity. This research guide is just getting started. Send suggestions for additions and changes to Ilene Frank ifrank@hccfl.edu
Recent :
Hope4College. (2020, June). #RealCollege during the pandemic: New evidence on basic needs insecurity and student well-being.
Hope4College. (2019, March). California Community Colleges #REALCOLLEGESURVEY
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.
Paying the Price by "#RealCollege focuses on the struggles, triumphs, and realities of what it means to be in college today. Through education, innovation, and collective action we seek to change the landscape of higher education so that all students can afford and complete their studies."
See https://realcollege.org/voices-for-change/press-2/ for press releases from RealCollege
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. The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal. Retrieved from https://dus.psu.edu/mentor/2017/04/do-you-understand-what-it-means-to-be-hungry-food-insecurity-on-campus-and-the-role-of-higher-education-professionals/
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
The Second #RealCollege Convening on College Food and Housing Insecurity.
October 23 and 24. Philadelphia, Temple University
Storify (i.e. tweets from the conference held at Temple University, October 23 and 24, 2017). Retrieved from
https://storify.com/wihopelab/the-second-realcollege
@CUFBA College and University Food Bank Alliance
@FeedingAmerica
@FeedingTampaBay
@hope4college Hope Center for College
#CUFBA
#endhunger
#FoodBank
#foodpantry
#HungerActionMonth
#RealCollege
The Hillsborough Community College - Brandon campus. Food2Finish.
Partners include the HCC Foundation ; Feeding Tampa Bay; Suncoast Credit Union
Can already existing government programs help?
Young Invincibles. (2018, February) Rethinking SNAP benefits for college students.
