With more than half of America’s undergraduates now reporting food or housing insecurity, a new model of support is taking hold on college campuses.

Over the past decade, rising costs of living and student housing rates have added pressure to already strained college learners, creating a new challenge for colleges and universities seeking to ...

Two in three community college students in California lack reliable access to food or housing, according to a new study. The 2025 Real College CA Student Survey, led by the Community College League of ...

Many people think of college students as young adults living on campus and focused on developmental concerns, such as establishing new friends, feeling homesick, and academic pressure. Indeed, many ...

This post was updated Oct. 13 at 3:00 p.m. Editor’s note: This post’s headline was updated Oct. 11 at 12:12 p.m. to reflect that the post is an editorial, not an op-ed. The first Monday of the ...

Amid technological advancements and societal crises, finding accurate online information quickly and easily can be difficult. A new tool developed by UC Santa Cruz researchers and graduate students at ...

Welcome to the Basic Needs Program website! At Santa Clara University, we believe that every student deserves access to the essentials for a healthy and fulfilling life. This is why the Dean of ...

Basic needs are the minimum resources necessary for personal well-being, generally described as food, water, shelter, clothing and sleep. The Basic Needs Center works to provide access to essential ...

Sacramento State opened its new Basic Needs Resource Center to help students struggling with housing and food insecurity by offering free groceries, including meat and fresh produce, as well as ...