#REALCOLLEGE RESOURCE LIBRARY

#RealCollege is a global movement dedicated to addressing the challenges faced by college students. The work focuses on raising awareness about the real-life experiences and struggles of students, especially those from marginalized communities. It highlights often-overlooked issues reflecting students’ basic needs— food and housing insecurity, mental health, child care, transportation, and so on.   The goal is to amplify students voices, foster dialogue, and drive systemic change in higher education institutions and public policies.

The #RealCollege Resource Library is a curated repository of diverse materials on these topics. There are guides for practitioners and policymakers, research studies, reports from the #RealCollege survey, and much more.  Many are licensed through Creative Commons and available for re-use.   Journal articles are password-restricted, however. If you wish to obtain a password, please send a quick note to mail@saragoldrickrab.com for access.

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“I can’t learn when I’m hungry”: Responding to U.S. college student basic needs insecurity in pedagogy and practice (2023), , , , food-insecurity inequality practitioners
“When Someone Cares About You, It’s Priceless”: Reducing Administrative Burdens and Boosting Housing Search Confidence to Increase Opportunity Moves for Voucher Holders (2023), , , homelessness housing-insecurity
“The struggle bus is full.”: How College Faculty Interpreted and Navigated Institutional Policy Shifts Amid COVID-19 (2024), , faculty pandemic
“There’s So Much That We’re Doing”: How Florida College System Institutions Address Basic Needs Insecurity Among Students (2021), , , , , , basic-needs-centers community-college florida
#RealCollege (2016), , community-college financial-aid inequality
#RealCollege Annotated Bibliography: Basic Needs Insecurity Among College Students (2018)evaluation
#RealCollege California: Basic Needs Among California Community College Students (2023), , , , survey california community-college food-insecurity housing-insecurity
#RealCollege Convening 2017: Participant Workbook for Session on Non-traditional Financial Aid Programs (2017), financial-aid
#RealCollege During the Pandemic: Initial Institutional Responses to Address Basic Needs Insecurity (2020), , , , survey pandemic
#RealCollege Syllabus Design: Writing a Syllabus for the Students We Teach (2022)faculty
#RealCollege: A National Convening on Food and Housing Among Undergraduates (2016)practitioners
#RealCollege: A National Convening on Food and Housing Among Undergraduates (2017)practitioners
#RealCollege: A National Convening on Food and Housing Among Undergraduates (2019)practitioners
#RealCollege: The Work and Activism of Sara Goldrick-Rab (2023), , basic-needs-centers community-college evaluation
5 Things We Learned from Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab (2019), financial-aid inequality
A Call to Action: How Social Work Programs Can Respond to Student Food Insecurity (2024), , food-insecurity social-work
A content analysis of qualitative research on college student food insecurity in the United States (2023), , , , food-insecurity qualitative
A Federal Agenda for Promoting Student Success and Degree Completion (2008), inequality
A First Look at the Impacts of the College Housing Assistance Program at Tacoma Community College (2021), , , , , , , , community-college evaluation housing-insecurity mixed-methods
A Guide for Implementation of the #RealCollege Survey (2024), survey
A Matter of Trust: Applying Insights From Social Psychology to Make College Affordable (2016), , , financial-aid free-college student-debt
A National Research Conference on Food and Housing Insecurity in Higher Education (2017), , survey conference data
A Quantitative Analysis of LGBTQ Material Hardship at Research Universities (2023), lgbtq
A review of estimates of housing insecurity and homelessness among students in U.S. higher education (2019), survey data
A Systematic Review Examining Multi-Level Policy and Practice Recommendations, and Calls for Research, on Food Insecurity at American Community Colleges (2024), , , , community-college federalpolicy practitioners states
A systematic review of factors associated with student use of campus food pantries: implications for addressing barriers and facilitating use (2024), , , , food-insecurity food-pantry
Academic Achievement and Postsecondary Educational Attainment of Domestically and Internationally Adopted Youth (2021), , foster-care
Accelerating College Knowledge: A Fiscal Analysis of a Targeted Early Commitment Pell Grant Program (2014), financial-aid
Accountability for Community Colleges: Moving Forward (2010)community-college
Accounting for Socioeconomic Differences in Delaying the Transition to College (2011), , inequality social-class
Activating Family Safety Nets: Understanding Undergraduates’ Pandemic Housing Transitions (2024) [in press], , , housing-insecurity pandemic
Addressing Campus Food Insecurity: A Conversation with Food Service Providers and Partners (2019)food-insecurity
Addressing Community College Completion Rates by Securing Students’ Basic Needs (2018), community-college inequality
Addressing Food Insecurity on Campus: Connecting Students with Basic Needs Supports to Improve Academic Outcomes (2023), , , basic-needs-centers evaluation food-insecurity
Addressing Housing Insecurity Among College Students (2023), housing-insecurity practitioners
Addressing Housing Insecurity and Living Costs in Higher Education (2016), , , community-college housing-insecurity
Addressing Social Determinants of Mental Health to Improve College Access, Retention, and Completion (2023), , , , , , mental-health
Addressing the Basic Needs of California Community College Students (2019), , california states
Advancing college food security: priority research gaps (2023), , , , food-insecurity
Advancing Equity in Attainment for Black Single Mothers in College: Understanding Their Needs and Supporting Their Success (2024), parenting-students
Alleviating Poverty and Promoting College Attainment in Philadelphia (2018), , , federalpolicy pennsylvania states
An Early Look at a Pilot SNAP Outreach Intervention in California (2022), , , , , , survey basic-needs-centers california community-college snap
An Examination of Food Insecurity within Connecticut’s Public University System (2023), , , , survey community-college data
An exploration of trauma-inclusive pedagogy and students’ perceptions of academic success (2023), , , faculty pedagogy trauma
Are we meeting student needs? Developing a measure for college food pantry satisfaction (2024), food-insecurity
Arizona Student Food and Housing Insecurity (2024), , food-insecurity housing-insecurity survey-analysis
Assessing Utilization and Accessibility of Public Cash Assistance Benefits among Postsecondary Students (Ahead of Print), , , , , parenting-students public-benefits tanf
Back to Basics: Solving Today’s Students’ Food, Housing, and Basic Needs Insecurities (2023), , , , federalpolicy food-insecurity housing-insecurity
Basic Needs for All Students: American Council for Education Webinar (2020), practitioners
Basic Needs Insecurities among College Students at Minority-Serving Institutions (2022), , food-insecurity hbcu race
Basic needs insecurities among Rutgers students: A university wide survey (2023), , , , , , , , , , survey new-jersey
Basic Needs Insecurity Among College Athletes (2020), survey athletes
Basic Needs Insecurity Among First-Generation Community College Students With Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2023), , , survey disabilities firstgen pandemic
Basic Needs Insecurity and Mental Health: Community College Students’ Dual Challenges and Use of Social Support (2022), , mental-health
Basic Needs Insecurity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities A #RealCollegeHBCU Report (2022), , , , , , , , data emergency-aid financial-aid hbcu mixed-methods
Basic Needs Insecurity in Texas Community Colleges: Landscape Analysis (2023), , , , , , , , childcare emergency-aid food-insecurity homelessness housing-insecurity mental-health texas transit
Basic Needs Insecurity in the Higher Education Instructional Workforce (2020), , , , survey faculty
Basic Needs Insecurity in U.S. Colleges: Human Rights Unfulfilled (2024), human-rights
Basic Needs Services Implementation Rubric (2023), , basic-needs-centers data evaluation
Beyond Access: Explaining Socioeconomic Differences in College Transfer (2009), , community-college transfer
Bolstering Non-Traditional Student Success: A Comprehensive Student Aid System using Financial Aid, Public Benefits, and Refundable Tax Credits (2015), , , , , community-college federalpolicy financial-aid snap states tanf
Building Support for College Affordability: Messaging Resources for Advocates, , affordability california marketing
California Community Colleges #RealCollege Report (2019), , , , , , , survey basic-needs-centers california community-college data
California Community Colleges: Basic Needs Center Toolkit (2022)california
California Student Aid Commission: Food and Housing Survey (2023), survey california
Campus Food Pantries: Insights from a National Survey (2018), , , , , survey basic-needs-centers data food-insecurity
Care Is a Practice; Care Is Pedagogical (2020), faculty pedagogy
Care(ful) Relationships Between Mothers and the Caregivers they Hire (2024), , , , , childcare gender inequality race social-class
Cash, food, or vouchers? Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador (2014), , , , food-insecurity
Centering Humanity: Addressing #RealCollege Needs During a Pandemic (2021), , community-college federalpolicy pandemic
Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Community College Student Success (2010)community-college
Characteristics associated with changes in food security status among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020), , , food-insecurity pandemic
City Colleges of Chicago #RealCollege Report (2019), survey data
City University of New York #RealCollege Survey Report (2019), , , , , survey data new-york
Clearing the path to a brighter future: Addressing Barriers to Community College Access and Success (2013), , , basic-needs-centers community-college
College During COVID-19: A #RealCollege Guide for Students (2022)pandemic
College Enrollment during the Pandemic: Insights into Enrollment Decisions among Black Florida College Applicants (2022), , , , , , basic-needs-centers community-college florida pandemic race
College focused rapid rehousing: Deploying an existing community model to address homelessness on campus (2024), , , , , , , homelessness housing-insecurity rapid-rehousing
College on the Margins: Higher Education Professionals’ Perspectives on Campus Basic Needs Insecurity (2020), , , , basic-needs-centers mixed-methods practitioners
College Student Food and Housing Insecurity: Students’ Perceived Determinants, Consequences, and Resilience (2023), , , food-insecurity housing-insecurity
College Students and Class Attendance: How Poverty and Illbeing Affect Student Success through Punitive Attendance Policies (2023), faculty social-class
College Students and SNAP:The New Face of Food Insecurity in the United States (2019), , , food-insecurity snap
College Students Are Hungry to Learn Everywhere (2023), , , , survey data federalpolicy food-insecurity homelessness
Colorado #RealCollege Survey Report (2021), , survey data pandemic
Commencement Speech by Freddy Shegog (2022), , , , adult-learners homelessness inequality mental-health philadelphia
Community Colleges and Human Services Nonprofits BOOSTing Family Economic Success Through Organizational Policy and Practice (2023), , , , community-college parenting-students partnerships
Completion Grants: A Multi-Method Examination of Institutional Practice (2021), , , , evaluation financial-aid
Concept Paper: The Wisconsin HOPE Lab– Harvesting Opportunities for Postsecondary Education (2013), , financial-aid grant-proposals inequality
Connecting College Students to Alternative Sources of Support: The Single Stop Community College Initiative and Postsecondary Outcomes (2020), , , , basic-needs-centers community-college evaluation
Connecting College Students with Public Benefits Programs (2024), public-benefits snap
Connecting Community College Students to SNAP Benefits: Lessons learned from a pilot outreach intervention in California (2022), , , , , , basic-needs-centers california community-college snap
Connecting Students to Basic Needs Hubs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Evaluation of a Cross-Sectoral Partnership (2023), , , , , basic-needs-centers community-college evaluation washington
Constructed Pathways: How Multiply-Marginalized Students Navigate Food Insecurity at Selective Universities (2024), , , food-insecurity private-institution
Cooking in College: Improving Access to Cooking May Reduce Food Insecurity at Universities (2024), , , food-insecurity
Covering college student homelessness and food insecurity: 7 tips from Sara Goldrick-Rab (2019)media
COVID-19 Response for Students Who are Homeless or With Experience in Foster Care (2020), , , , foster-care homelessness
Cross-Sectoral Benefits Hubs: An Innovative Approach to Supporting College Students’ Basic Needs, , , basic-needs-centers partnerships washington
Dallas County Community College District: #RealCollege Report (2016), , survey community-college texas
Deconstructing Assumptions About College Students With Basic Needs Insecurity: Insights From a Meal Voucher Program (2022), , , , basic-needs-centers food-insecurity massachusetts
Designing for Care: Inclusive Pedagogies for Online Learning (2020), faculty pedagogy
Do expenditures other than instructional expenditures affect graduation and persistence rates in American higher education? (2010), , evaluation finance
Does Administrative Burden Create Racialized Policy Feedback? How Losing Access to Public Benefits Impacts Beliefs about Government (2024), , , , survey federalpolicy race
Does Basic Needs Funding Improve Persistence Among College Students? Findings on How HEERF Dollars Impacted Student Persistence at SNHU (2023), , , emergency-aid evaluation federalpolicy financial-aid
Does Reducing Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Workload Enhance Equity in Program Access? Evidence from Burdensome College Financial Aid Programs (2024), , , practitioners race states
Does Rent-Free Community Housing Make a Difference in Higher Education Outcomes? (2022), , , , , evaluation florida homelessness housing-insecurity
Don’t Dismiss the Value of Free-College Programs. They Do Help Low-Income Students. (2018), , , , community-college federalpolicy financial-aid free-college
Driving Home Costs Beyond Tuition: A New Look at Older Students’ Challenges Affording Housing (2020), , , , adult-learners housing-insecurity parenting-students
ECMC Foundation Basic Needs Initiative Evaluation Report 1: Sustaining Basic Needs Services at Postsecondary Institutions (2023), , , , , childcare food-insecurity mental-health transit
Edquity grantees cross the finish line at Compton College (2021), , , california community-college emergency-aid evaluation
Effects of Universal and Unconditional Cash Transfers on Child Abuse and Neglect (2023), , , financial-aid parenting-students
Emergency Aid Distribution in West Texas Community Colleges (2023), , , , , data emergency-aid evaluation financial-aid pandemic texas
Emergency Support, with a Human Touch (2024), community-college emergency-aid
Emerging Symptoms of and Institutional Support for Students with Long COVID in Higher Education (2023), , , pandemic practitioners
Empirical Benchmarks for Planning and Interpreting Causal Effects of Community College Interventions (2023), , , community-college randomized-controlled-trial
Enrollment at Community Colleges Might Improve, but Challenges Remain for Students (2024), , affordability community-college
Equitable Higher Education College Food Access Toolkit (2023), , basic-needs-centers food-insecurity snap
Evaluation of College Possible Milwaukee (2018), , , , evaluation
Evaluation of food security status, psychological well-being, and stress on BMI and diet-related behaviors among a sample of college students (2023), , , , , , food-insecurity
Examining Anti-Poverty Programs to Address Student’s Unmet Basic Needs at Texas Hispanic-Serving Institutions over the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2024), , , , , , , , emergency-aid food-insecurity food-pantry housing-insecurity pandemic race
Examining prevalence and predictors of food insecurity for transition-age youth transitioning out of foster care (2024), , , , , food-insecurity foster-care
Experimental estimates of college coaching on postsecondary re-enrollment (2024), randomized-controlled-trial
Experimental Evidence on Interventions to Improve Educational Attainment at Community Colleges (2018), , , community-college evaluation
Experimental Evidence on the Impacts of Need-Based Financial Aid: Longitudinal Assessment of the Wisconsin Scholars Grant (2020), , , , financial-aid wisconsin
Exploration of Barriers to Use of Community Food Resources in Community College Students in Rural Appalachia (2023), , , , , community-college food-insecurity pandemic qualitative rural stigma
Faculty-Run Emergency Aid for Students (ND), , , , emergency-aid financial-aid
File Once FAFSA (2016), federalpolicy financial-aid
Filling the Gap: CalFresh Eligibility Among University of California and California Community College Students (2024), , , , , , , , , , , , california food-insecurity snap
Financial Aid Nudges: A National Experiment With Informational Interventions (2022), , , , financial-aid inequality nudging
Financial Need and Aid Volatility among Students with Zero Financial Need and Aid Volatility among Students with Zero Expected Family Contribution Expected Family Contribution (2015)financial-aid
Financial Stress Among College Students: New Data About Student Loan Debt, Lack of Emergency Savings, Social and Personal Resources (2024), , , , , emergency-aid stress student-debt
Five Considerations for Philanthropists Seeking to Support Students’ Basic Needs (2020), pandemic philanthropy
Five Lessons for Supporting Parenting Students with Emergency Aid During the Pandemic (2021), , , emergency-aid financial-aid pandemic parenting-students
Five Lessons to Consider When Supporting Returning Students (2022), , , , , , , adult-learners pandemic
Florida: #RealCollege Report (2019)survey
Following Their Every Move: An Investigation of Social-Class Differences in College Pathways (2006), , inequality social-class transfer
Food and Housing Insecurity Among Adult Undergraduates During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2023), , , survey food-insecurity housing-insecurity pandemic
Food Fuels Futures: Expanded SNAP Eligibility Reduces Hunger Among College Students (2024), food-insecurity snap
Food Insecure College Students and Objective Measurements of Their Unused Meal Plans (2019), , , , , , food-insecurity meal-plans
Food insecurity among Black college students: An exploratory study (2023), , , , , food-insecurity practitioners race
Food Insecurity Among College Students with Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2023), , , , survey disabilities food-insecurity pandemic
Food Insecurity Among College Students: An Analysis of US State Legislation Through 2020 (2021), , , , , food-insecurity states
Food Insecurity Among Community College Caregivers During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2024), , , , , food-insecurity pandemic parenting-students
Food insecurity among Division I student-athletes at a California State University: A mixed methods study (2023), , , , , athletes food-insecurity mixed-methods
Food Insecurity Among Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Trainees (2024), , food-insecurity graduate-students
Food Insecurity and Higher Education: A Review of Literature and Resources (2023), , food-insecurity pandemic practitioners
Food Insecurity and Homelessness in American Higher Education: An Overview of New Nationally Representative Estimates (2023), , , survey data food-insecurity housing-insecurity
Food Insecurity and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Among Young Adults in Community College (2023), , , , , , , , , community-college food-insecurity
Food Insecurity in College Students: The Role of Environment, Social Networks, and Perceived Food-Related Time, Stress, and Skill (2024), , food-insecurity higher-education private-institution
Food Insecurity Pipeline: How Latinx Immigration-Impacted Students in Higher Education Navigate the Food Insecurity Cycle (2024), , , food-insecurity
Food Insecurity within a Public University and the Role of Food Assistance Programs Amid the Global Pandemic (2024), , , , , , , survey food-insecurity pandemic
Food security as a basic need: College students need greater support from institutional administration (2024), , , , , , , , , , food-insecurity health
Food security change in the college student population due to the COVID-19 pandemic: A decline for many, an improvement for a few (2024), , , food-insecurity mixed-methods pandemic
From the (Academic) middle to the top: an evaluation of the AVID/TOPS college access program (2018), , , , evaluation inequality
Front Porch? What About No Porch? Exploring Housing Insecurity Among NCAA College Athletes During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2023), , survey athletes housing-insecurity
Full-Time Students With Part-Time Benefits: How Being Denied On-Campus Housing Affects College Students With Criminal Records (2020), , , , , , criminal-justice housing-insecurity part-time-students
Gender, sexuality, and food access: An exploration of food security with LGBTQIA2S+ university students (2024), , lgbtq
Getting Started Addressing Basic Needs Insecurity on Campus (ND), , basic-needs-centers food-insecurity housing-insecurity
Going without: An exploration of food and housing insecurity among undergraduates (2018), , , , survey data food-insecurity housing-insecurity
Guide to Assessing Basic Needs Insecurity in Higher Education (2018), , , , , survey data food-insecurity housing-insecurity
Guide to Assessing Basic Needs Insecurity in Higher Education (2019), , , , survey data
Guide to Emergency Grant Aid Distribution (2020), , , basic-needs-centers emergency-aid financial-aid inequality
Hawaii #RealCollege Survey Report (2021), , survey data pandemic
Help seeking and African American college-aged men: An integrated literature review through somebodiness. (2024), , gender mental-health race
Helping College Students Get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Facilitators of and Barriers to Students Accessing the Federal Nutrition Assistance Program (2022), , , , , federalpolicy food-insecurity snap
Higher Education in Wisconsin: A 21st Century Status Report (2010), , , inequality wisconsin
Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Performance-Based Funding: A Systematic Review of the Literature (2024), , hbcu
Homelessness and Housing Insecurity Among Community College Students: A Longitudinal Evaluation of a Housing Choice Voucher Program (2024), , , , , , evaluation homelessness housing-insecurity washington
Houston Food Scholarship Program Report (2020), , , , , , , community-college evaluation food-insecurity mixed-methods
How America’s College Promise Would Reshape the Free College Landscape (2023), federalpolicy free-college
How Community Colleges Can Support Student Mental Health Needs (2023), , , , , , , community-college mental-health
How Need-Based Financial Aid Reduces College Attrition among Low-Income Public University Students: The Role of Time Use (2011), , , , financial-aid inequality social-class
How Student-Led Emergency Aid Came to the Rescue During the Pandemic (2020), , , , , , emergency-aid
How Students Experience the Stress of College Affordability (2021), financial-aid mental-health
Hunger in Higher Education: Experiences and Correlates of Food Insecurity among Wisconsin Undergraduates from Low-Income Families (2018), , , food-insecurity mixed-methods
Hungry Bear Report: A survey and report on student food insecurity at Brown University (2023), , survey food-insecurity private-institution
Hungry to Win: A First Look at Food and Housing Insecurity Among Student-Athletes (2019), , , , , , survey athletes food-insecurity homelessness housing-insecurity
Hungry, Homeless and in College (2015), , community-college food-insecurity
Impact of food security on coping strategies: a comparison of high school and college perceptions (2024), , , , food-insecurity high-schools
Impact of Transportation Supports on Students’ Academic Outcomes: A Quasi-Experimental Study of the U-Pass at Rio Hondo College (2021), , , california evaluation transit
Improving Emergency Financial Aid Programs To Help Students Stay In College, emergency-aid
Improving the education and wellbeing of student parents (2024), , , parenting-students
Improving the Productivity of Education Experiments (2012), evaluation
In The Shadows Of Higher Education: Housing Insecurities Among College Students (2023), california housing-insecurity
Inclusive Language Guide: A guide for language decisions (2023)practitioners
Information, Accountability, and College Costs: The Need for Standardized Living Cost Calculations in Higher Education (2016), , , federalpolicy financial-aid
Institutional Initiatives Addressing Student Food Insecurity: A Qualitative Study Exploring Lived Experiences of Higher Education Professionals (2024), , , food-insecurity pandemic qualitative
Institutional Transfer and the Management of Risk in Higher Education (2009), , inequality transfer
Integrating Systems of Power and Privilege in the Study of Resilience (2023), , , , , inequality race social-class
Interventions to address household food insecurity in high-income countries (2018), food-insecurity food-pantry
Investing in Student Completion: Overcoming Financial Barriers to Retention Through Small-Dollar Grants and Emergency Aid Programs (2015), , survey emergency-aid
Is College Worth It? (2024)roi
Is Community College Already Free? (2016), , financial-aid free-college
Is Working in College Worth It? How Hours on the Job Affect Postsecondary Outcomes (2023), employment time-poverty
It’s About Time, Part II: Does Time Poverty Contribute to Inequitable College Outcomes by Gender and Race/Ethnicity (2024), , time-poverty
It’s Hard to Study if You’re Hungry (2018), community-college food-insecurity
Letter to Colleagues: Observations on the Use of NSC Data for Research (2010), , , data financial-aid wisconsin
Listening to Students (2018), inequality activism
Los Angeles Community College District #RealCollege Survey Report (2016), , survey california community-college
Los Angeles Community College District #RealCollege Survey Report (2021), , , , survey california community-college data pandemic
Lowering College Students’ Bills with Energy Assistance Programs (2019)housing-insecurity
Machine Learning Who to Nudge: Causal vs Predictive Targeting in a Field Experiment on Student Financial Aid Renewal (2023), , , evaluation financial-aid
Making College Affordable: Rethinking Voucher-Driven Approaches to Federal Student Aid (2013), , , , federalpolicy financial-aid inequality
Making Sense of Loan Aversion: Evidence from Wisconsin (2015), , , financial-aid inequality student-debt
Making Sense of Transitions: An Examination of Transfer among Economically Disadvantaged Undergraduates (2015), , , community-college inequality transfer
Managing to Make It: The College Trajectories of Traditional-age Students with Children (2011), , , , financial-aid parenting-students wisconsin
Marginal Returns to Public Universities (2024), public-universities roi
Maricopa Community College District: #RealCollege Survey Report (2016), survey community-college
Market Rhetoric versus Reality in Policy and Practice: The Workforce Investment Act and Access to Community College Education and Training (2003), , inequality parenting-students
Marrying Stories and Data for Impact (2020), , , survey data indigenous tribal-colleges
Massachusetts: #RealCollege Report (2019), survey massachusetts
Massachusetts: Testimony on Minimum Wage Legislation (2017), , employment federalpolicy massachusetts
Meal Vouchers Matter for Academic Attainment: A Community College Field Experiment (2023), , , , , community-college evaluation food-insecurity mixed-methods
Measuring Food Security in the United States for More Than 25 years: History, Methods, Findings, and Opportunities (2023), food-insecurity
Meeting Students’ Real Needs (2023), , , , , , adult-learners basic-needs-centers community-college food-insecurity inequality practitioners
Mental Health and Community College Students of Color (2023), , community-college mixed-methods race
Minnesota #RealCollege Survey Report (2019), , survey data minnesota
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities #RealCollege Survey Report (2020), , survey community-college minnesota
My Professor Cares: Experimental Evidence on the Role of Faculty Engagement (2022), faculty
Myth Busted: Students Don’t Read Their Emails (2022), marketing
National #RealCollege Survey Report #1: Hungry to Learn: Addressing Food & Housing Insecurity Among Undergraduates (2015), , , , survey community-college data
National #RealCollege Survey Report #2: Hungry and Homeless in College (2017), , , , survey community-college data
National #RealCollege Survey Report #3: Still Hungry and Homeless in College (2018), , , , survey
National #RealCollege Survey Report #4: College and University Basic Needs Insecurity (2019), , , , , survey data
National #RealCollege Survey Report #5: Five Years of Evidence on Campus Basic Needs Insecurity (2020), , , , , , survey data
National #RealCollege Survey Report #6: During the Pandemic (2020), , , , , , , survey data pandemic
National #RealCollege Survey Report #7: Basic Needs Insecurity During the Ongoing Pandemic (2021), , survey community-college pandemic
Navigating the Mental Health Provider Shortage in Higher Education (2023), , mental-health texas
New Jersey Community Colleges #RealCollege Survey Report (2020), survey new-jersey
No food for thought: Food insecurity is related to poor mental health and lower academic performance among students in California’s public university system (2018), , , , , california food-insecurity mental-health
No Food for Thought: Insights on Basic Needs Insecurities and Mental Health Challenges from Trellis’ Fall 2020 Student Financial Wellness Survey (2022), , data mental-health
No One Should Go Hungry in College (2023), , , , data federalpolicy food-insecurity philadelphia snap
Nontuition Expenses: A Framework for Developing Policy Solutions (2023), , , , , , community-college federalpolicy financial-aid student-debt
Not by Bread Alone: Mothers’ Strategic Pursuit of Higher Education to Meet Basic Needs (2023), , parenting-students
Nurturing Success: Empowering Human Services Students to Lead a Campus Food Pantry (2023), , food-insecurity food-pantry
Nutrition Knowledge, Food Insecurity, and Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Underserved College Students A Pilot Study (2024), , food-insecurity trauma
Obstacles to Opportunity: Increasing College Success by Understanding & Addressing Older Students’ Costs Beyond Tuition (2021), , , , , adult-learners financial-aid parenting-students
On Second Chances and Stratification: How Sociologists Think About Community Colleges (2014), , , community-college inequality transfer
Oregon Community Colleges #RealCollege Survey Report (2020), , , survey community-college data oregon
Oregon State University Food Security Study (2022), , , , survey food-insecurity oregon
Oregon State University Food Security Study Executive Report (2021), , , food-insecurity oregon
Parenting Adult Learners’ Experiences in Higher Education (2023), , parenting-students
Parenting in a Pandemic: Understanding the Challenges Faced by California Community College Students and Actionable Recommendations for Policy (2024), , , , , california pandemic parenting-students
Parenting Students and Indicators of Financial Stability, Health, and Academic Success: Findings from a Population-Based Sample of Public Urban University Students (2024), , parenting-students
Parenting While In College: Basic Needs Insecurity Among Students With Children (2020), , , , survey pandemic parenting-students
Parenting While in College: Racial Disparities in Basic Needs Insecurity During the Pandemic (2022), , , , , survey data pandemic parenting-students
Pathways from Food Insecurity to Health Outcomes among California University Students (2019), , , , , , california food-insecurity health
Paying the Price: The Costs of a College Education and the Realities of Broken Dreams (2020), federalpolicy financial-aid
Pell Grants Are America’s Investment in Needy Yet Promising College Students– Why Not Tell Them? (2012), federalpolicy financial-aid
Persistent and Changing Food Insecurity Among Students at a Midwestern University is Associated With Behavioral and Mental Health Outcomes (2023), , , , , , food-insecurity mental-health
Policies and Initiatives to Address Collegiate Food Insecurity (2023), , , federalpolicy food-insecurity higher-education
Policy Dialogue: The Problems and Promises of Higher Education in the United States (2021), , financial-aid student-debt
Populationwide Longevity and Food Insecurity (2024), , food-insecurity inequality
Portland State University Student Housing Insecurity Interim Report (2023), , , data homelessness housing-insecurity oregon
Postsecondary Institution Ratings System- Testimony to Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (2014), federalpolicy financial-aid
Poverty in American Higher Education: The Relationship Between Housing Insecurity and Academic Attainment (2021)housing-insecurity
President Obama’s free community-college plan is a necessary plan – and a good one. (2015), , federalpolicy financial-aid free-college
Prevalence of and Contributors to Food Insecurity Among College Athletes: A Scoping Review (2024), , , , athletes food-insecurity
Prevalence of Food Insecurity and Associations with Academic Performance, Food Consumption and Social Support among University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: FINESCOP Project in Iceland (2024), , , , , , , europe food-insecurity pandemic
Prevalence of Food Insecurity in the General College Population and Student-Athletes: a Review of the Literature (2022), , , athletes food-insecurity
Public Benefits and Community Colleges Lessons from the Benefits Access for College Completion Evaluation (2014), , , , , , , , , community-college evaluation federalpolicy snap states tanf
Public Higher Education Should Be Universal and Free (2016), financial-aid free-college
Public Testimony on Hunger in Higher Education, Submitted to the National Commission on Hunger (2015), , federalpolicy food-insecurity
Putting College First: How Social and Financial Capital Impact Labor Market Participation Among Low‐Income Undergraduates (2011), , , , employment financial-aid inequality wisconsin
Racial and Economic Stratification on Campus: The Relationship Between Luxury Residence Halls, Race, and Academic Outcomes (2023), , housing-insecurity
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Impact of Work-First Policies on College Access (2005), , , , federalpolicy inequality race tanf
Recognizing and Responding to Poverty in College Students: What can Nurses do?, , , , , , , food-insecurity homelessness housing-insecurity poverty
Recommendations for the Effective and Equitable Implementation of Performance-Based Funding for Wisconsin Higher Education (2013), , wisconsin
Redefining College Affordability: Securing America’s Future with a Free Two Year College Option (2014), , financial-aid free-college
Reducing Income Inequality in Educational Attainment: Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Financial Aid on College Completion (2016), , , , , financial-aid inequality wisconsin
Reducing Inequality in an Age of Student Mobility (2007), inequality transfer
Reflection on the Groceries to Graduate scholarship program at Missouri Southern State University (2023), , , , food-insecurity
Request to Add Measurement of Food Insecurity to the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (2015), , , survey data food-insecurity
Request to Add Measurement of Food Insecurity to the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (2017), , , federalpolicy food-insecurity
Research trends and gaps concerning food insecurity in college students in the United States: a scoping review (2024), , , , food-insecurity
Resilience-Thinking Training for College Students: Evidence from a Randomized Trial (2023), , mental-health
Resourcing the Part-Time Student: Rethinking the Use of FTEs in Higher Education Budgets (2020), , , community-college federalpolicy
Rethinking the Cooling Out Hypothesis for the 21st Century: The Impact of Financial Aid on Students’ Educational Goals (2019), community-college financial-aid
Revisiting Health Disparities Linked to “Some College”: Incorporating Gender and High School Experiences (2023), , , , gender health mental-health
Safety, Security, and College Attainment: An Investigation of Undergraduates’ Basic Needs and Institutional Response (2014), , practitioners
San Diego Community College District #RealCollege Survey Report (2020), survey community-college
San Diego Community College District #RealCollege Survey Report (2021), , , , survey california community-college data pandemic
Sara Goldrick-Rab on Making College More Successful for Students (2020)financial-aid
School Integration and the Open Door Philosophy: Rethinking the Economic and Racial Composition of Community Colleges (2013), community-college
Seattle #RealCollege Survey Report (2019), , survey data washington
Seattle Community Colleges #RealCollege Survey Report (2020), survey community-college
Securing the Basic Needs of College Students in Greater Philadelphia During a Pandemic: A 2020 #RealCollegePHL Report (2021), , , , , , , survey data pennsylvania
Seeking STEM: The Causal Impact of Need-Based Grant Aid on Undergraduates’ Field of Study (2023), , , financial-aid stem
Self-reported COVID-19 infection and implications for mental health and food insecurity among American college students (2022), , , , , , , , , survey data inequality mental-health pandemic
Shifting Tides: The Evolution of Racial Inequality in Higher Education from the 1980s through the 2010s (2024), , , inequality race
Should community college be free? Education Next talks with Sara Goldrick-Rab and Andrew P. Kelly (2016), , , community-college federalpolicy financial-aid free-college
Should Pell Grants Target the College-Ready? Education Next talks with Isabell Sawhill and Sara Goldrick-Rab (2014), , financial-aid inequality
Single Stop Final Impact and Implementation Report (2018), , basic-needs-centers community-college evaluation
SNAP Student Rules Are Not So Snappy: Lessons Learned From A Qualitative Study of California County Agency Workers (2024), , , , , food-insecurity qualitative snap
SNEB position paper highlights food and nutrition insecurity among college students (2023)food-insecurity
Social Work Case Management for Basic Needs Insecurity (2020), , basic-needs-centers community-college
Social work educators and student wellness needs (2024), , social-work
SparkPoint Supports Student Success (2023), , basic-needs-centers california evaluation
Spatial Processes in College Access: An Exploration of Wisconsin (2006), , inequality wisconsin
Spreading the Word – Supporting Students’ Basic Needs with a Syllabus Statement and Welcome Survey (2020)faculty
Spreading the Word: Supporting students basic needs with a syllabus statement (2019)faculty
Staffing Student Basic Needs Centers (2021)basic-needs-centers
State divestment and tuition at public institutions (2017), , federalpolicy finance states
State University of New York #RealCollege Survey Report (2020), , survey community-college new-york
Strategies for Meeting Students’ Basic Needs (2022)practitioners
Structure and flexibility: systemic and explicit assignment extensions foster an inclusive learning environment (2024), , faculty pedagogy
Student Basic Needs: Institutional Services and Awareness, AACRAO (2020), , survey data pandemic
Student Financial Wellness Survey Fall 2023 Semester Report (2024), , survey texas
Students Are Humans First: Advancing Basic Needs Security in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)inequality
Students Are Humans First: Meeting Their Human Needs Helps Campuses Fulfill Their Mission (2023), , , , basic-needs-centers data food-insecurity housing-insecurity practitioners
Supporting #RealCollege Students During COVID-19 (2020)pandemic
Supporting #RealCollege Students in Overcoming Adversity (2019), community-college financial-aid
Supporting #RealCollege Students with Caring Enrollment Management and Financial Aid Practices During COVID-19 (2020), , basic-needs-centers pandemic
Supporting Community College Completion with a Culture of Caring: A Case Study of Amarillo College (2018), , , basic-needs-centers community-college texas
Supporting Community College Students with Affordable Housing Vouchers (2020), , community-college evaluation housing-insecurity
Supporting Students Experiencing Homelessness Pilot Program (2023), , , homelessness housing-insecurity washington
Supporting Students with Access to SNAP (ND), food-insecurity snap
Supporting the Whole Community College Student: The Impact of Nudging for Basic Needs Security (2021), , , , , , basic-needs-centers evaluation mixed-methods texas
Survey Recruitment Bias and Estimates of College Student Food Insecurity (2023), , survey
Sustaining Basic Needs Services at Postsecondary Institutions (2023), , , , , , data pandemic practitioners
Systematic investigation of inadequate food access at a large southeastern land grant university (2024), , , , food-insecurity
Teaching the Students We Have, Not the Students We Wish We Had (2018), , faculty pedagogy
Teaching: What does it really mean to care for students? (2024), faculty pedagogy
Tennessee Higher Education Commission Releases Report on Food Insecurity Among Higher Education Students (2023), , survey food-insecurity practitioners
Testimony on Hunger and Nutrition in New Jersey Higher Education (2017), , food-insecurity new-jersey states
Texas #RealCollege Survey Report (2021), , , survey data pandemic texas
The #RealCollege guru offers three ways to fix California’s student financial aid (2023), california financial-aid
The Balancing Act of Family and College: Reciprocity and Its Consequences for Black Students (2024)family
The Color of Student Debt: Implications of Federal Loan Program Reforms for Black Students and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (2014), , , , financial-aid race student-debt
The Community College Effect Revisited: The Importance of Attending to Heterogeneity and Complex Counterfactuals (2012), , , , community-college inequality transfer
The Community College/‘Real College’ Divide (2015)community-college
The Costs of College Attendance: Examining Variation and Consistency in Institutional Living Cost Allowances (2017), , , financial-aid inequality
The Cumulative Impact of Unmet Essential Needs on Indicators of Attrition: Findings from a Population-Based Sample of Public University Students in the Bronx, NY (2023), , , , , , basic-needs-centers food-insecurity new-york
The Dark Side of College (Un)Affordability: Food and Housing Insecurity in Higher Education (2016), , food-insecurity housing-insecurity
The Design and Testing of a Text Message for Use as an Informational Nudge in a Novel Food Insecurity Intervention (2023), , evaluation food-insecurity
The Dynamics and Measurement of High School Homelessness and Achievement (2023), , homelessness housing-insecurity
The Effect of State Appropriations on College Graduation Rates of Diverse Students (2023), , , , , , , hbcu race appropriations states
The Effects of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Community College Students’ Grade Point Average, Retention, and Graduation Rates (2023), , community-college federalpolicy snap
The Holistic Capital Model: Time and Body Capital as Sources of Inequity (2024), , evaluation
The Housing Needs and Experiences of Project Rebound Students at Fresno State: Executive Summary (2023), , california criminal-justice housing-insecurity
The Impacts of COVID-19 on the Experiences of Students with Basic Needs Insecurity: Evidence from a National Survey Basic Needs Insecurity: Evidence from a National Survey (2022), , , survey data pandemic
The Numbers Speak for Themselves: Using FAFSA Data to Secure Today’s Students’ Basic Needs (2024), , food-insecurity inequality public-benefits
The persistence of cognitive biases in financial decisions across economic groups (2023), , evaluation financial-aid poverty
The Price of STEM Success: The Impact of Need-Based Financial Aid on STEM Production (2021), , , , , , , , financial-aid stem
The Problem of College Students Without Reliable Housing (2013), , survey housing-insecurity
The Problem with For-Profits (2015), , financial-aid inequality
The Promise of the #RealCollege movement (2021), survey community-college
The puzzle and paradox of student mobility in higher education (2009), , inequality social-class transfer
The racial wealth gap, financial aid, and college access (2023), , , financial-aid race student-debt
The Real Price of College (2016), , survey financial-aid
The Real Price of College: Estimating and Supporting Students’ Financial Needs (2021), , , , , , data financial-aid practitioners
The Real Price of College: How Using the Negative Effective Family Contribution Can Better Support Students, , , , financial-aid
The Returns to College Persistence for Marginal Students: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from University Dismissal Policies (2018), , , , federalpolicy financial-aid roi
The Revenue Implications of Community Colleges’ Reliance on Local Funding (2024), , , , , , community-college
The Role of Food Banks in Addressing Food Insecurity: A Systematic Review (2016), , , food-insecurity food-pantry
The State of Food Security at CUNY in 2020 (2020), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , federalpolicy food-insecurity new-york snap states
The Struggle Is Real: A Systematic Review of Food Insecurity on Postsecondary Education Campuses (2017), , , , , survey data food-insecurity
The Taxpayer Benefits of Supporting Student Parents: An Analysis of Three Policy Options for Virginia’s Public Colleges (2024), parenting-students
The True Costs of College (2020), , , , , financial-aid wisconsin
The Unique Agency of Parenting-Strivers: An AntiDeficit, Asset-Based Exploration of Black and Latinx Students with Children (2022), , , parenting-students race
The Wisconsin Covenant: Toward a Truly Merit-Based System of Higher Education (2007), , financial-aid wisconsin
The Wisconsin Grant: Overview and Recommendations for Evaluation (2016), , , evaluation financial-aid wisconsin
Three-Year Outcomes for Low-Income Parents of Young Children in a Two-Generation Education Program (2023), , , , , , , , , childcare parenting-students
Too Distressed to Learn? Mental Health Among Community College Students (2016), , , , , , survey community-college inequality mental-health
Too Late? Too Little: The Timing of Financial Aid Applications (2016), , evaluation financial-aid
Top Percent Policies and the Return to Postsecondary Selectivity (2024)admissions
Tracking How Ideas Become Higher Education Policy and Practice (2007), , data federalpolicy
Transforming America’s Community Colleges: A Federal Policy Proposal to Expand Opportunity and Promote Economic Prosperity (2009), , , , community-college inequality
Tribal Colleges and Universities #RealCollege Survey Report (2020), , survey indigenous tribal-colleges
Turning Basic Needs Assessments into Action (2022), , basic-needs-centers data
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Community College Student Housing Insecurity (2015), , community-college federalpolicy housing-insecurity
U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions – Testimony (2013), federalpolicy financial-aid
U.S. Senate Hearing: The Challenge of College Affordability, The Student Lens (2013), federalpolicy financial-aid
Understanding food insecurity among college athletes: A qualitative study at a public university in New England (2023), , athletes food-insecurity
Understanding higher education students’ sense of belonging: a qualitative meta-ethnographic analysis (2023), , , , pandemic qualitative sense-of-belonging
Ungrading for Equity (2023), faculty pedagogy
Unmarried Parents in College (2010), , inequality parenting-students
Unveiling Disparities: Racial, ethnic, and gender gaps in student financial insecurity and proposed solutions (2024), , , survey-analysis
Variation in Community College Funding Levels (2023), , community-college inequality
Virginia Community Colleges #RealCollege Survey Report (2021), survey data
Washington State #RealCollege Survey Report (2020), survey washington
We can’t afford to price middle-class families out of college (2018), financial-aid free-college
We Have To Do Better Than This”: An Interview with Sara Goldrick-Rab (2020), financial-aid inequality
What Colleges Can Do Right Now to Help Low-Income Students Succeed (2016), , , financial-aid inequality practitioners social-class
What Happens to Students Placed Into Developmental Education? A Meta-Analysis of Regression Discontinuity Studies (2017), , developmental-education
What Higher Education Has to Say About the Transition to College (2007), inequality race
What is the Problem with Student Debt? (2020), , , , federalpolicy financial-aid inequality student-debt
What No Child Left Behind Means for College Access (2005), inequality
What Now? Practitioners and Researchers Discuss New Federal Data on College Students’ Basic Needs (2023), , , , , , practitioners
When Care Isn’t Enough: Administrative Burden in Federal Higher Education Pandemic Emergency Aid Implementation (2022), , , , , , , emergency-aid evaluation pandemic
When Care Isn’t Enough: Scaling Emergency Aid During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021), , , , , , , survey emergency-aid financial-aid pandemic
When It Comes to Caring About Your Students, a Little Can Go a Long Way (2020)faculty
Which Eligible Philadelphians Are Not Accessing Public Benefits? (2023), , , , , pennsylvania public-benefits snap tanf
Who Received Federal Emergency Aid Funding in Texas? A Closer Look at the Pandemic Funding Awarded to Postsecondary Students (2023), emergency-aid pandemic
Who’s Hungry? Making Sense of Campus Food Insecurity Estimates (2018), , , , , , , , , , , , survey data food-insecurity
Why Financial Aid Matters (or Does Not) for College Success: Toward a New Interdisciplinary Perspective (2009), , , financial-aid inequality
Why the Time is Right to Expand the National School Lunch Program to Higher Education (2016), , , federalpolicy food-insecurity
Will Impending Reforms in Federal College Loan Programs Hurt Black Students and Families? (2014), , , , , , financial-aid hbcu inequality race student-debt
Work-First Federal Policies: Eroding Access to Community Colleges for Latinos and Low-Income Populations (2006), , , community-college federalpolicy tanf
Work-First or Work-Only: Welfare Reform, State Policy, and Access to Postsecondary Education (2003), , , , inequality parenting-students tanf
Working for College: The Causal Impacts of Financial Grants on Undergraduate Employment (2016), , , , employment financial-aid wisconsin
Yes, Some College Athletes Face Food Insecurity. Colleges Can Change That. (2022), , athletes financial-trauma food-insecurity