Assigned articles contain both qualitative and quantitative data. California State University provided the percentage of homelessness last year. The Wisconsin Hope Lab research at the university of Wisconsin last month revealed that 14 percent of students are homeless. On the other hand, the qualitative data explains why there is homelessness at a high rate, stating that fewer well-paying jobs for those without a college degree is one of the reasons (Harris, 2017a). This data is provided by Sara Goldrick-Rab, founder of the HOPE Lab and professor of higher education policy at Temple University. The system of home security and homelessness carries several disparities in society. One of these significant differences is how most community college students are older and survive on their own. The problem does not only affect poor urban communities, as stated by Eloy Ortiz Oakley, Chancellor of the California Community colleges (Harris, 2017b). Based on housing insecurity, the body does not care about the prestige of students’ institutions or whether it is a four-year or two-year college, as stated by Mr. Shaw; this shows inequity. Adding on the same, House insecurity does not care about gender, religion, or the background of the student.
Most low-income students arrive on campus without a safety net, this is inequality. Some of these students cannot afford a check from their parents and hence face the probability of losing their job or getting kicked out by their roommates. The inequalities indicate that children whose parents had no college degree could not or struggled to access college, and the same issue applied to foster youth (Samantha, 2022). Lastly, health burdens faced by students, it becomes really difficult to focus on schoolwork when one is worried about finding shelter.
References
Harris, E. A. (2017a). Behind the problem of student homelessness. The New York Times. Web.
Harris, E. A. (2017b). A journey from ‘Real world’ to homeless shelter – and college. The New York Times. Web.
Samantha. (2022). The Sunday read: ‘young and homeless in rural America’. The New York Times. Web.