Study finds students worry about homelessness

A new national study shows that nearly half of all community college students face fears about not having a place to live or enough to eat.
The study by Temple University finds that college students can fall into the homeless category, because of having to make a choice between housing and food, and high tuition.
The study found that among two-year colleges, or junior colleges, nearly half of the students voiced those insecurities.
“we have students who work two jobs part-time. Without a job, they can’t provide food for their families,” said Houston Community College Associate Vice Chancellor Frances Villigran-Glover.
The remarkable thing is that many of those students continued to come to class.”Some of them had to travel several hours just to get to class,” she said.
Read more here