Lack housing, food, homeless; “How can we expect students to learn without fuel for their body and brains and without a roof over their head at night?”

Dr. Lisa Rhine

• Dr. Lisa Rhine, the new President of Yavapai Community College, shared alarming statistics about the status of community college students with the  community college staff at their convocation last week. Here is a summary of the shocking information she shared about the current community college students in the United States:

• Two of every three community college students in the nation are food insecure.
• One of every two community college students is housing insecure.
• Fourteen percent of community college students are homeless.
• Sixty-three percent of community college parents with children are food insecure.

“How can we expect students to learn without fuel for their body and brains and without a roof over their head at night?” she asked.

A video clip of this portion of her speech to employees follows below: