College by Denise Marie Ordway As tuition rises and the

Last updated: 4/9/2023

College by Denise Marie Ordway As tuition rises and the other costs of college go up campus administrators are forced to face a troubling reality Many college students don t get enough to eat In response hundreds of schools from community colleges to Ivy League universities have opened food pantries or stores selling subsidized groceries Many students ages 18 to 49 are not eligible for the federal government s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program also known as food stamps At Cornell University the student run Anabel s Grocery attracted about 2 000 unique customers within the first several months according to the student newspaper The store offers low cost groceries for all Cornell students and subsidies for those who qualify At the University of Central Florida students can pick up five free food items a day Portland Community College opened pantries on all four of its campuses and created a co op with free school supplies bus passes clothes and other items Academic research shows that a substantial percentage of college students experience food insecurity a lack of access to adequate amounts of food especially healthy foods The proportion appears to vary by institution type and among student groups with racial and ethnic minorities being most likely to skip meals or go hungry The research also suggests students who don t have enough food are more likely to have low grades and poor health 13 What is the primary purpose of the article A To highlight specific colleges who are doing more to help To emphasize that colleges need to do more to help students To convince the readers to help at their local food bank To show readers many college students need help getting enough food 4 Paragraph 2 provides support for the author s claim by listing colleges that are trying to help B explaining how the community can help