Literature Review #3
“The Relationship Between Food Security, Housing Stability, and School Performance Among College Students in an Urban University” By Meghan R. Silva, Whitney L. Kleinert, A. Victoria Sheppard, Kathryn A. Cantrell, Darren J. Freeman-Coppadge, Elena Tsoy, Tangela Roberts, and Melissa Pearrow Citation Silva, Meghan R., et al. “The Relationship Between Food Security, Housing Stability, and School Performance Among College Students in an Urban University.” Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, vol. 19, no. 3, Nov. 2017, pp. 284–299, doi:10.1177/1521025115621918, https://journals-sagepub-com.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/doi/pdf/10.1177/1521025115621918 . Summary The article discusses how food and housing insecurity can impact academic success for students and includes data from a survey conducted at an urban, public university. The survey results revealed that nearly one fourth of the responding students experienced some form of food insecurity. Housing