As college students grapple with the rising costs of classes and books, mortgaging their futures with student loans in exchange for a diploma that they’re gambling will someday pay off, it turns out many of them are in great financial peril in the present, too.
More than a third of college students don’t always have enough to eat and they lack stable housing, according to a survey published Tuesday by researchers at Temple University and the Wisconsin HOPE Lab.
Overall the study concluded 36 percent of college students say they are food insecure. Another 36 percent say they are housing insecure, while 9 percent report being homeless. The results are largely the same as last year’s survey, which included fewer students.
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