It’s Hard to Study if You’re Hungry (2018)
New York Times Op-Ed
Document Author: Sara Goldrick-Rab
Basic Needs for All Students: American Council for Education Webinar (2020)
On June 11, Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab, leader of the #RealCollege movement and best known for her innovative research on food and housing insecurity in higher education, will discuss the importance of basic needs and emergency aid for college and university students. Her recent report revealed that 68% of parenting students were housing insecure in the previous year, compared to 42% of students were housing insecure in the previous year. The pandemic has exasperated the crisis around basic needs.
In an unprecedented move, the federal government granted higher ed with nearly $7B through the CARES Act to be used elusively for emergency aid for their students. Learn more about why granting emergency aid has always been important but is most especially critical today, along with strategies for how to assess basic needs and disburse funds. Dr. Goldrick-Rab will share why using an equity lens (to support all students, but especially DACA, students of color, students from low-income backgrounds, and student parents) has a clear ROI for higher ed.
Information, Accountability, and College Costs: The Need for Standardized Living Cost Calculations in Higher Education (2016)
Wisconsin HOPE Lab Policy Brief
Massachusetts: Testimony on Minimum Wage Legislation (2017)
Testimony offered by Sara Goldrick-Rab on proposed minimum wage legislation.
Concept Paper: The Wisconsin HOPE Lab– Harvesting Opportunities for Postsecondary Education (2013)
This is the funding proposal Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab wrote to CEO Richard George of Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Organization, which was supported and led her to start the Wisconsin HOPE Lab.
Listening to Students (2018)
The story of the origins of the #RealCollege survey and movement. Chapter in “Taking It to the Streets: The Role of Scholarship in Advocacy and Advocacy” by Laura Perna.