Press Play with Madeleine Brand
How community colleges help students struggling with housing and food
A new survey of students at LA’s Community Colleges finds that one in five is homeless, and two-thirds are food insecure. Meanwhile, a leader from Santa Barbara City College launched a tuition-free program last year. Is it enough to help the neediest. Do community colleges need to start building housing for homeless students?
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readA new survey of students at LA’s Community Colleges finds that one in five is homeless, and two-thirds are food insecure. Meanwhile, a leader from Santa Barbara City College launched a tuition-free program last year. Is it enough to help the neediest. Do community colleges need to start building housing for homeless students?
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Gina Pollack
Producer
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Mike Eng
California State Assemblyman (D-San Gabriel Valley)
Erika Endrijonas
Los Angeles Valley College
Geoff Green
Santa Barbara Community College Foundation
The full episode
1 of 4Community Colleges tackle student homelessness and food insecurity- 0:00How community colleges help students struggling with housing and foodYou’re reading this
- 13:58Does raising the minimum wage help or hurt low-skilled workers?
- 25:59The U.S. government's doomsday plan to protect itself -- but probably not you
- 41:12Facebook moderator: Biggest censorship job in history?