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By prioritizing basic needs security, we take a meaningful step toward a more equitable, compassionate world where every student has the resources and opportunities to thrive.
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The good news? Federal and state policymakers, as well as leaders of higher education institutions, have a tremendous opportunity to increase the number of Americans attending and completing college by supporting their basic needs.
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The link between student basic needs security and persistence is unequivocal: 79% of student respondents to our survey who had previously stopped out of college (and subsequently re-enrolled), or were considering stopping out of college, told us it was due to basic needs insecurity.
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And those numbers are even more concerning among LGBTQIA+ students: 66% of them experience depression and anxiety—almost 30 percentage points higher than the rate among non-LGBTQIA+ students.
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Forty-four percent of students reported experiencing symptoms of anxiety and/or depression and 57% of survey respondents who had previously stopped attending college without completing a credential and subsequently re-enrolled reported they did so because of mental health issues.
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Nearly 75% of Black and Indigenous students who completed our survey report facing at least one form of basic needs insecurity related to food and/or housing, compared to 55% of White students—a 20 percentage point gap.
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BNI is particularly prevalent among students with structurally marginalized identities and those who have the greatest trouble accessing and affording higher education, including: part-time students, Pell Grant recipients, and Black and Indigenous students.
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When we extend what we consider basic needs beyond food and housing, we find that nearly 3-in-4 students experience basic needs insecurity.
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The unacceptable basics haven’t changed: 3-in-5 college students experience food insecurity, housing insecurity or homelessness.
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We have the power to meet the moment through evidence-based policymaking, intentional institutional interventions and unwavering student-centered supports.
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www.acenet.edu/Documents/Wh...
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Check out some of our resources on how to improve mental health in higher ed: healthymindsnetwork.org/wp-content/u...
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For more on why reproductive care—and specifically abortion access—is a basic need, check out our blog: hope.temple.edu/newsroom/hop...
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Study after study shows that people with doctors more like them live longer—it is crucial that we attract and keep these students in education. For everyone’s health. www.statnews.com/2023/04/14/b...
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Every drawn out case about specific rules means more and more students in need of those protections aren’t getting them. We need concrete laws protecting women, LGBTQIA+ students, and survivors. www.highereddive.com/news/federal...
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If colleges and universities want to attract and keep students, they must show a dedication to the well-being of those students. There’s no better way than through supporting their basic needs. We’ve got resources on how they can start: hope.temple.edu/resources
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And students are [rightfully] worried about whether they can get an education AND meet their needs at the same time. From our survey:
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But the demographics of college are changing, and changing fast— last year saw a 5% overall drop in first-year enrollment
hope.temple.edu/research/hop...
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Research consistently shows that graduating from college is correlated with higher income. That leads to more upward economic mobility and security.
www.axios.com/2024/03/04/c...
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We congratulate Generation Hope on this significant contribution to the field and commit to continuing working in community to support parenting students.
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They also find significant mental health challenges among parenting students. This takes a toll not only on them, but their children too.
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They find that 68% of parenting students face housing insecurity—a number that’s far too high, and one similar to our own findings: hope.temple.edu/research/hop...
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Our new report outlines the problem with COA and how the U.S. Department of Education can begin to solve it: hope.temple.edu/policy-advoc...
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Living costs actually make up the *majority* of college costs for most students—80% of the cost of attending community college and 61% of the cost of a public 4-year.
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It goes without saying (though we unfortunately need to say it!): College students have a right to know how much they’re going to pay for their education. But so many of the estimates they receive for costs of living like housing and food are inaccurate.