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"Among the most surprising findings in the survey, Goldrick-Rab said, 'Is that homeless college students devote as much time to the classroom and to studying as do college students who are not homeless. However, they also work more, they commute more, spend more time taking care of other people and they sleep less.'"

"That is why she is urging higher education institutions to double down on providing services to help financially strapped students graduate. 'Because these people have clearly exhibited a resilience that almost any employer would benefit from.'"

Hunger And Homelessness Are Widespread Among College Students, Study Finds More than a third of them don't have enough to eat and a similar number lack stable housing, according to a survey published Tuesday by researchers at Temple University and the Wisconsin HOPE Lab.

Our first team publication Just came out in the LA Review of Books blog! Check it out:

Getting to Graduation - BLARB Getting to Graduation

We wrote an essay for the LA Review of Books Blog on the different experiences students have getting to graduation based on their ethnic, racial, and economic backgrounds. Thank you to all the student workers who have been willing to sit down for an interview with us!

Getting to Graduation - BLARB Getting to Graduation