A new study highlights the struggles many University of Hawaiʻi students face when it comes to meeting basic needs, and recommends actions that could improve the university’s ability to support them.
Researchers surveyed some 2,700 students throughout February across the 10-campus system about access to housing, clothing and other necessities.
The report found that 60% of the surveyed students suffer from one type of severe food insecurity, meaning they were concerned about running out of food before they got the money to buy more. Some 40% reported that “they felt hungry in the last 12 months but did not have money to buy food.”…