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The Prevalence And Needs Of Homeless Undergraduates At A Large, Urban University, Corissa Carlson
The Prevalence And Needs Of Homeless Undergraduates At A Large, Urban University, Corissa Carlson
Wayne State University Dissertations
Empirical research has been limited with respect to homelessness among college undergraduates. Research on educational outcomes has been limited to K-12th grade, but what is known points to worse outcomes for people who are homeless. The National Coalition for the Homeless (2014) reported that 75% of homeless or runaway teenagers drop out of school. Furthermore, while federal funding though the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act has been able to help younger students, funding for homeless youth considering or attending college is minimal. Recently, some more attention has been given to this issue through the College Cost Reduction Access Act (CCRAA) which …