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Direct linkKrista M. Soria; Amish B. Smith – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2024
In this manuscript, the authors examined the rates of food and housing insecurity experienced by student-veterans enrolled at community colleges in fall 2020. The results of a multi-institutional survey of student-veterans at 113 community colleges suggested that 37.6% of community college student-veterans experienced food insecurity and 52.5% of…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Veterans, Housing, Hunger
Miriam C. Kopels; Eric C. Shattuck; Jennifer Rocha; Casey J. Roulette – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To examine the impact of the pandemic on a sample of college students, and test associations with food security and mental distress. Participants: A convenience sample of 132 students from a diverse U.S. institution. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study that utilized online surveys. Data was analyzed using X[superscript 2], binary…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Mental Health, College Students
Kaitlin E. Bountress; Daniel Bustamante; Mohammad Ahangari; Fazil Aliev; Steven H. Aggen; Eva Lancaster; The Spit for Science Working Group; Roseann E. Peterson; Jasmin Vassileva; Danielle M. Dick; Ananda B. Amstadter – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: The purpose of this study was to test whether COVID impact interacts with genetic risk (polygenic risk score/PRS) to predict alcohol use disorder (AUD) symptoms. Method: Participants were n = 455 college students (79.6% female, 51% European Ancestry/EA, 24% African Ancestry/AFR, 25% Americas Ancestry/AMER) from a longitudinal study…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Alcohol Abuse, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Amanda N. Nix; Tamara Bertrand Jones; Hollie Daniels; Pei Hu; Shouping Hu – Community College Review, 2024
Research Question: A sizable portion of college students experience food and housing insecurity, which poses a roadblock to fully and successfully engaging in higher education. In light of these complex challenges, we ask: "How do Florida College System (FCS) institutions meet the basic needs of their students?" Methods: To answer the…
Descriptors: Housing, Food, Hunger, College Students
Speirs, Katherine E.; Grutzmacher, Stephanie K.; Munger, Ashley L.; Ottusch, Timothy M. – Educational Researcher, 2023
This study documents the resources U.S. colleges and universities offer to address student food and housing insecurity and explores differences across community colleges, four-year public schools, and four-year private schools. Using a stratified random sample (n = 448) of U.S. postsecondary institutions, a systematic web search for evidence of 18…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Universities, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
Amanda L. Mollet; Eugene T. Parker III – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2024
This quantitative study examined the material hardships experiences of LGBTQ students at research universities. Using a series of regression analyses, we find relationships between students' sexual identity and experiencing material hardship, including differential relationships when disaggregating by sexual orientation. These results identify…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, College Students, Research Universities, Barriers
Download full textAllyson Cornett – Online Submission, 2024
This brief focuses on the intersection of basic needs security and mental wellbeing in college students using data from over 62,000 participants in the Fall 2023 Student Financial Wellness Survey (SFWS). The high prevalence of food and housing insecurity, and the alarming rates of depression and anxiety, underscore the urgent need for action to…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Well Being, College Students, Hunger
RP Group, 2023
In spring 2023, The Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (The RP Group) partnered with the CEO Affordability, Food & Housing Access Taskforce of the Community College League of California (CCLC) to assist in survey data collection efforts and provide updated data trends regarding California Community College (CCC)…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student Needs, Food, Housing
Robinson, Kristen L. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Food insecurity, housing insecurity, and homelessness are pervasive issues within the United States. Research conducted to understand the extent to which college students specifically experience food and housing insecurity indicates a relationship between unmet basic needs and negative educational outcomes. Both higher education institutions and…
Descriptors: Community College Students, School Holding Power, Student Needs, Relationship
Melissa D. Olfert; Rebecca L. Hagedorn-Hatfield; Bailey Houghtaling; Monica K. Esquivel; Lanae B. Hood; Lillian MacNell; Jessica Soldavini; Maureen Berner; Mateja R. Savoie Roskos; Melanie D. Hingle; Georgianna R. Mann; Julia F. Waity; Linda L. Knol; Jennifer Walsh; Valerie Kern-Lyons; Christopher Paul; Keith Pearson; Jeannine R. Goetz; Marsha Spence; Elizabeth Anderson-Steeves; Elizabeth D. Wall-Bassett; J. Porter Lillis; E. Brooke Kelly; Adam Hege; Mary Catherine Fontenot; Patricia Coleman – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objectives: To quantify the number and type of students failing to secure basic needs. Participants: Students attending 22 postsecondary schools in the United States in Fall 2019. Methods: The Adult Food Security Module and part of the #RealCollege Survey were used to measure food and housing insecurity, respectively. Logistic and linear…
Descriptors: College Students, Hunger, Housing, Homeless People
Sarita Cargas; Tammy Thomas – International Journal of Human Rights Education, 2024
There have now been fifteen years of research on the basic needs of college students in the U.S. The studies have primarily focused on assessing the prevalence of food and housing insecurity. Determining who is responsible and finding solutions have been less emphasized. The scholarship has also not framed the problems of students' basic needs…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Needs, Civil Rights, Hunger
Sharon Fries-Britt; Adrianna Kezar; Teon Donté McGuire; Jude Paul Matias Dizon; Elizabeth R. Kurban; Marissiko M. Wheaton – About Campus, 2024
The influence of the global health crisis and systemic racism on the return to campus are enormous. With differing experiences, opinions, and ideas about what is needed, individuals are challenged to understand their own and others' lived experiences in 2020. Campuses should be prepared for the emotional healing and systemic changes needed in…
Descriptors: Trauma Informed Approach, COVID-19, Pandemics, Racism
Wood, J. Luke; Harris, Frank, III – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
This study examined the influence of multiple types of insecurity on student GPAs. Data demonstrated that students who did not experience one of the four insecurities had significantly higher GPAs that those facing housing, transportation, and employment barriers; food insecurity or combination; or all four insecurities.
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Grade Point Average, Housing, Student Transportation
Ruswa, Anesu Sam; Gore, Oliver Tafadzwa – Higher Education Research and Development, 2022
Poverty is one of the factors contributing to lower achievements and completion rates among black students in South African higher education institutions (HEIs). The approach in addressing student poverty in HEIs is predominantly financial through funding disadvantaged groups. While the multifacetedness of poverty is well documented, the nature of…
Descriptors: Poverty, Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Needs
CCCSE, 2022
Throughout higher education, there is increasing concern about students who experience food insecurity, housing insecurity, and difficulty meeting other critical needs. The pandemic exacerbated these challenges and led to lower enrollment across all higher education sectors. Community colleges experienced a steepest decline between 2019 and 2021.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, Student Needs, Need Gratification
