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Wisconsin HOPE Lab Announces New Survey on Food and Housing Insecurity

April 7, 2017

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Title: Wisconsin HOPE Lab Survey on Food and Housing Insecurity

Author: Sara Goldrick-Rab

The Wisconsin HOPE Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has announced a call for participants for its recent study examining food and housing insecurity among students enrolled in postsecondary education.

This is the second iteration of their groundbreaking survey administered to 70 community colleges around the United States. The previous study’s findings showed one in three students at participating community colleges experienced hunger, half were housing insecure, and 14 percent were homeless. The new study seeks to include all institution types and sectors, and will start this fall.

For more details on the upcoming study, please visit Sara Goldrick-Rab’s original post on Medium.

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