Abstract and Works Cited (Research Blog #10)

 Abstract

This research paper explores the causes, prevalence, and impacts of food and housing insecurity among college students. Data regarding the issues are included, revealing that as many as one in two college students experience food and/or housing insecurity. The paper connects the issues to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to reveal how basic, physiological needs must be met before individuals can achieve other needs. It also examines the programs colleges and the government have established to help students with their individual needs related to food and housing. Ultimately, the paper argues that college students’ increased vulnerability and exposure to food and housing insecurity is indicative of neoliberal policies at the state and federal level that have systemically impoverished middle-class and low-income students, requiring significant and widespread government funding to address.



Works Cited

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Crawford, Sarah, and Nicole Hindes. “The Trampoline of Public Benefits: Using Existing Resources to Fight Food Insecurity.” Food Insecurity on Campus: Action and Intervention, edited by Katharine M Broton and Clare L Cady, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020, pp. 138–166. 

El Zein, Aseel, et al. "Prevalence and correlates of food insecurity among U.S. college students: a multi-institutional study." BMC Public Health, vol. 19, 2019. ProQuest, https://login.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/login?url= ?url=https://www-proquest-com.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/scholarly-journals/prevalence-correlates-food-insecurity-among-u-s/docview/2243537991/se-2?accountid=13626, doi:http://dx.doi.org.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/10.1186/s12889-019-6943-6.

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Food Insecurity on Campus: Action and Intervention, edited by Katharine M. Broton, and Clare L. Cady, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/lib/rutgers-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6184603. 

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