Student Necessities

The Departments of Agriculture and Education are working together to expand low-income college students’ awareness of and access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Dylan Hughes (M’28), describes how the Academy for Research, Clinical, and Health Equity Scholarship (ARCHES) program helped him find his way to Georgetown University’s School of Medicine.

Colleges are searching for unconventional strategies to help students facing food and housing insecurity.

Living expenses should be front and center in the effort to make higher education more affordable and accessible, stakeholders say.

In a 2022 survey, 7.5% of U.S. college students reported a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) diagnosis, more than double the rate from five years earlier, signaling the need for…

A new report finds that first-generation students, low-income students, and students from historically marginalized communities felt less satisfied and a lower sense of belonging during their first year of college…

With student housing in short supply, the University of California, Los Angeles has created spaces that support the well-being of students traveling long distances to and from campus.

A new report finds that college students who face discrimination have higher levels of mental health distress than their peers. Campus efforts that support diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB)…

To meet growing student demand for mental health support, U.S. colleges and universities have partnered with third-party teletherapy companies to ensure students have access to they help they need, whenever…

A new study confirms that postsecondary students are experiencing significant rates of food insecurity and homelessness—and provides the first nationally representative federal data set of its kind.