Food

A new study looks at efforts to increase college students’ financial literacy, concluding that there may be more cost-effective ways to help those struggling to afford food, housing, and other…

The Departments of Education and Agriculture need to fill “gaps in planning and execution” to improve outreach to low-income college students about federal food assistance, according to a new report…

A new report from The Hope Center for Student Basic Needs finds that most college students face some form of food or housing insecurity, which impedes their academic success.

An update from Swipe Out Hunger highlights colleges’ efforts to provide on-campus pantries and other much-needed resources for students facing food insecurity, but notes that those programs often lack sufficient…

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.

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.

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.

U.S. colleges and universities prepare food pantries to support students struggling with hunger and aid those who may soon lose access to pandemic-era emergency SNAP benefits.

A new report finds that many college students facing food insecurity are not taking advantage of public assistance programs that would make it easier for them to purchase food.