Greetings colleagues:

Today, the Wisconsin HOPE Lab released a report entitled Still Hungry and Homeless in College, available at http://wihopelab.com/publications/Wisconsin-HOPE-Lab-Still-Hungry-and-Homeless.pdf.

Wisconsin HOPE Lab Research Highlights

The Wisconsin HOPE Lab has produced groundbreaking research in recent years on food and housing insecurity among college students.

• In 2015, the Lab worked with the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) and invited all 1,200 of their members to do the survey. In total, 10 community colleges in 7 states accepted, and just over 4,000 students completed the questions. In 2016, we again partnered with ACCT, and 70 of their members responded, coming from 24 states, with a few repeats from 2015. More than 33,000 students completed that survey.
• In 2017, the Lab opened the invitation up to any college or university, 2-year or 4-year, public or private, offering to support their efforts to address students’ basic needs by collecting data to inform their practices.
• The survey that informed the current 2018 report was a voluntary, non-random sample, and included 66 colleges and universities, including 31 community colleges and 35 4-year colleges and universities from 20 states and Washington, D.C. In total, 43,000 students responded, including over 20,000 in the 4-year sector. This is, therefore, the largest national assessment of basic needs security among 4-year students.

Visit  http://wihopelab.com/publications/ to access these and other Lab resources.

Key Findings from Still Hungry and Homeless in College

• 36% of university students were food insecure in the 30 days preceding the survey.
• 36% of university students were housing insecure in the last year.
• 9% of university students were homeless in the last year.

These findings are comparable to, although slightly lower than, findings in previous Lab reports.

Best,

Christina Dukes, Federal Liaison
National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE)