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- According to CollegeBoard.org, there has been a 3.6% increase in room and board costs between 2014 and 2015
- Unpacking the word "homeless"
- Why is this problem "invisible"?
- Nationally, about 58,000 students in the United States are homeless.
Individually:
Examples
- Kait Moorman of Auburn University
- Danae Vachata, hoped to attend Louisiana State
“...students' homelessness is motivating them to get out of homelessness, to concentrate on their studies, to be as successful as possible. These are students you want on your campus, that you want to do everything you can to support them; you shouldn't be trying to close your doors to them."
~ Eric Tars, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty’s senior attorney
At a University- and Society-level:
- Safety on campus (theft)
- lack of these motivated students
contributing to the university,
and to society (financially,
socially, professionally)
- More homeless students results in fewer financially-stable members contributing to society
It is close to home, affecting Central Florida, SSC and UCF
Examples:
- SSC admissions director and psychology professor Angela Adame-Smith's dissertation: "Lived Experience of Homeless College Students"
- UCF professor Amy Donley, associate professor of Sociology
- UCF Biology professor Pam Thomas - 12 students in her
classes in past 3 years
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