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Vanderbilt University Expands Popular Financial Aid Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Vanderbilt University is expanding its nationally recognized no-loan financial aid program, known as Opportunity Vanderbilt. We want everyone who has what it takes to get into Vanderbilt to be able to enroll, regardless of their financial background.

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Government Data Reveals 1 in 5 Undergrads Are Food Insecure

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over the last decade, the number of food pantries on campuses has swelled from 80 to around 800. Now, new data from the 2020 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study has provided the first nationally representative picture: more than one in five undergraduates experience food insecurity.

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1 in 6 college students are literally gambling with their financial aid

University Business

A lot of of students are gambling in college, and what’s more troubling is that some are using financial aid funds. Also concerning is that nearly a third of college gamblers reported spending less on food or running up credit card debt to fund their gambling habits.

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Survey: 23% of all undergraduate students struggle with food insecurity

University Business

The 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20) is the survey’s first iteration to ask students about food insecurity and homelessness, and it may have unearthed a different kind of pandemic students have long been struggling with in pursuit of postsecondary education.

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Using SNAP Benefits to Reduce Student Food Insecurity and Improve College Completion

Higher Education Today

Title: SNAP Reimagined: Improving Postsecondary Education Access and Completion Source: The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) Today’s students must often navigate higher education and its associated costs while facing increased basic needs insecurity and limited need-based financial aid to close the gap.

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Rising to the Challenge on Student Basic Needs Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ten years ago, most college students short of money for food would have difficulty finding a food pantry on campus. Food insecurity wasn’t a widely recognized problem in higher education and “student basic needs” wasn’t a field of practice. Students require and deserve far more than band-aids.

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Chapman University Receives $1 Million to Reinforce Financial Safety Net for Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The money will support the Women of Chapman Student Hardship Assistant Fund, which helps students with immediate and unexpected hardships, such as costs related to housing, food, transportation, technology, medical bills, and getting home during a family crisis. More than 80% of Chapman’s students receive financial aid.