Denison, TX (2月 17, 2020) – A recent survey conducted 通过 the Hope Center at 美高梅博彩 revealed 60% of participating students experienced at least one form of basic needs insecurity in the past year. 其中，37%的人在过去30天内经历过粮食不安全，51%的人在前一年经历过住房不安全，15%的人在过去一年中经历过无家可归。 共有401名学生参与了调查，回复率为12.3%。

“The challenges our students face daily are real,” 美高梅博彩 总统 Dr. Jeremy McMillen said. “We continue to focus on removing those barriers, so our students have the best chance of success in the classroom.”

GC继续致力于通过其美高梅博彩关怀计划解决这些需求。 该项目包括校园食品储藏室、紧急援助、退伍军人项目和其他资源。 学院计划利用调查信息来帮助学生了解未来的项目和资源。

#RealCollege调查由天普大学大学、社区和司法希望中心领导。 2019年，来自44个州和哥伦比亚特区的227所社区学院和四年制学院和大学的16.7万多名学生完成了这项全国调查。 #RealCollege调查连续第五年记录了一场影响美国高等教育的危机。 研究人员得出结论，超过600万名学生受到食物和/或住房不安全的影响。

“It is clear that college is now about serious financial struggles, not partying.  Money weighs heavily on students’ minds, 和 without a safe place to sleep 和 enough to eat they cannot concentrate on learning,” Founding Director of the Hope Center 和 leading expert on basic needs insecurity among college students Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab said. “This is a waste of talent 和 it undermines our economy. 为了让学生做好准备，大学需要超越食品储藏室，采取预防措施，政策制定者必须支持他们。 There are six pieces of federal legislation to address these issues pending in Congress now—it is time to act!”

This year’s national response rate of 167,000 students represents about eight percent of the total number of students contacted for the survey. The Hope Center’s research team estimates that that the figures extrapolate to at least 6 million affected students.

“We think these are conservative estimates of the true extent of the problem, since students without funds rarely have time to do surveys or access to the necessary technology for e-surveys like this one,” Managing Director of the Hope Center Christine Baker-Smith said. “We don’t advertise the survey as focused on food or housing, 和 do not offer any help.”

报告指出，当今大学生面临基本需求缺乏的原因有很多，这些原因相互关联。 其中包括-

• 学费上涨了，但更重要的是，学生的经济援助跟不上生活成本；
• Students are being asked to pay for books 和 tuition but lack the financial support the system dem和s—many students today are themselves parents or are supporting other family members;
• 雇主不太可能愿意雇佣学生，因为他们可能有复杂的日程安排，而对于那些能找到灵活工作的学生来说，最低工资并没有跟上生活成本的增长；
• The social safety net is not what it used to be—today, many college students are excluded from programs such as SNAP, for example; 和
• 大学本身也在与资金不足作斗争，无法帮助有需要的学生。 例如，在公立高等教育中，在过去的30年里，每个学生的预算已经削减了25%。