What schools in the Big 12 and surrounding region are doing to combat food insecurity on college campuses
Abstract
In the past several years awareness of food insecurity on college campuses has increased, this has led to an increase in support from students and administrators alike. Nationwide, roughly 30% of students at two and four year universities experience food insecurity (McCoy et al., 2022). At Oklahoma State University 43% of students experienced food insecurity as of a 2020 survey (Forrest, 2021). As universities in the surrounding region have begun work to reduce these rates, each university has a different approach. This paper is based on a series of interviews designed to learn what different universities are doing to ensure all students have access to the nutrition they need and how that may change moving forward.