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Addressing Community College Completion Rates by Securing Students’ Basic Needs
Author(s) -
GoldrickRab Sara
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.20323
Subject(s) - community college , food insecurity , psychology , public relations , medical education , pedagogy , economic growth , mathematics education , political science , food security , medicine , economics , ecology , biology , agriculture
Abstract Food and housing insecurities are serious challenges confronting community college students. This chapter reviews the evidence on prevalence and correlates of basic needs insecurity and discusses institutional actions to support students.