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ERIC Number: ED645045
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 159
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-3814-3332-6
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Tempering Food Insecurities at Community Colleges with Emergency Relief Funds
Jennifer Louise Field
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Walden University
Many community college students are hungry, and this problem has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The amply available Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds, created by the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act, have helped institutions address campus hunger during and after the pandemic. The study's guiding research questions asked how community colleges in Southern New Jersey used funds to address food insecurities, what was learned from these experiences, in what ways the funds have changed the narrative about campus hunger, and how colleges plan to address food insecurities among students moving forward. Narrative policy framework, a theory centered on policymakers' and political actors' use of narratives to affect and advance policy, underpinned a generic qualitative narrative inquiry of community college administrators' stories, through semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis was conducted for emergent themes. The community colleges that participated in this study used funds to provide direct student aid, distribute cafeteria vouchers, and stock food pantries. Administrators learned that student hunger is greater than previously understood and plan to continue efforts to mitigate hunger using other grant funds and institutional funds. Finding ways to curb campus hunger can promote positive social change by allowing community college students to focus on educational success, improve retention and completion rates, and lead to improved job opportunities, financial independence, and better quality of life for students and their families. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Jersey
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund; Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act 2020
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