Revealing Campus Food Insecurity at Urban, Private, Liberal Arts Universities

Abstract

ABSTRACT To address existing and emerging food access needs, three metro private universities in the midwest, with increasingly diverse student bodies representing historically underrepresented backgrounds, utilized a web-based Food Access Survey to collect students’ self-reported experiences (n = 1,478) accessing food and experiencing hunger. The results from this survey highlight those with marginalized identities are at a higher risk for food insecurity. Given increasing enrollment of marginalized students and diversifying student bodies across all institutions, including private universities, we argue higher education needs to recognize, assess, and act on student food insecurity.