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According to the source study these are the things they count as "homeless", 14% have at least one of the items below... Any of the below items: – Thro
by crispyambulance 9y ago
According to the source study these are the things they count as "homeless", 14% have at least one of the items below...
Any of the below items:
– Thrown out of home: 6%
– Evicted from home: 3%
– Stayed in a shelter: 2%
– Stayed in an abandoned building, auto, or other place not meant as housing: 4%
– Did not know where you were going to sleep, even for one night: 8%
– Didn’t have a home: 2%
I think any of those are VERY BAD as far as impact on academics is concerned. Whether these actually constitute "homeless" is perhaps not the most important issue.
- marcoperaza 9y agoSeems like a pretty broad definition. So if your parents throw you out and you go live with your friend or grandparents, you're homeless? I have the same general question for all of those points.
- crispyambulance 9y agoWell, if the issue is the exact definition of "homeless" you're perhaps right. But the real problem here is that a significant number of CC students don't have a stable home life and this WILL cause serious obstacles for the completion of any academic program. Very few people are actually "live-on-the-street" homeless, but housing insecurity starts having negative impact long before they're literally on the street.
- marcoperaza 9y agoSure, but anyone putting together an article and headline like this, and using a picture of people living in tents, is a liar.
- crispyambulance 9y agoWe're talking about USA Today here. The actual report is this.. .http://wihopelab.com/publications/Hungry-and-Homeless-in-College-Report.pdf http://wihopelab.com/publications/Hungry-and-Homeless-in-Col...
- stcredzero 9y agoAt one time or another, I qualified for the last 3 categories!
- crispyambulance 9y agoThe time period for consideration is "...within the last 12 months". Its a pretty bad handicap for students when things like that happen during their studies.
- stcredzero 9y agoI'd say it's a handicap even for job searching.