In late September, members of the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute had the opportunity to share current best practices and learn from others who play an active role in creating platforms that support students’ basic needs on college campuses across the United States at the #RealCollege Conference. The two-day conference connected professors, students, campus staff [...]
The Need for a Holistic Approach to Research and Action By Dr. Rositsa Ilieva The New School, New York, NY; Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY Dr. Tanzina Ahmed Bronx Community College, CUNY, Bronx, NY Within community colleges across the United States, students’ food insecurity is a widely-spread [1] yet insufficiently studied phenomenon. There is [...]
Photo credit: Invisible People Last week, Temple University and Wisconsin Hope Lab brought together more than 400 students, faculty, college presidents, student services staff and advocates to consider new strategies to reduce food insecurity and homelessness among college students in the United States. Among the goals participants discussed were: Ending no-cause evictions for college students, [...]
