On Campus It’s Hard to Study if You’re Hungry Image Credit Minju SunLast fall, students at two of the nation’s premier historically black colleges, Spelman and Morehouse, went on a hunger strike. In New York, where a forthcoming study by researchers at the City University of New York reports that 30 percent of community college students and 22 percent of four-year college students are food insecure, Gov. The first federal briefing on college food insecurity took place just last month, and Gov. Bunker Hill Community College in Boston is one of several schools that now distribute meal vouchers, and Houston Community College is providing grocery scholarships. * Required field You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times products and services.

Source: New York Times January 14, 2018 23:48 UTC