The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: Community Colleges Finding Ways To Feed Their Low-Income Students

May 15, 2012

Community Colleges Finding Ways To Feed Their Low-Income Students

Bunker Hill is one of many colleges confronting campus hunger, an issue that has failed to make its way into mainstream discussion even as debate swirls in the state Legislature about reforms to the community college system. At least two other Massachusetts community colleges are trying new approaches to ensure their students are well-fed.The problem has intensified as adults, often out of work and with families to feed, flock to community colleges for retraining - and as the colleges look for new ways to keep those students in school. Read more at:
http://articles.boston.com/2012-05-12/metro/31670224_1_community-colleges-hungry-students-campus-event

May 15, 2012 1:46:00 AM | Community Colleges, Food and Drink

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