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This report uses data from the \\#RealCollege Survey to examine the overlapping pandemic-related and basic needs challenges affecting students attending HBCUs during fall 2020. In total, nearly 5,000 students from 14 public and private HBCUs responded to the survey fora response rate of 8.3% and shared their experiences:  \n1  \n2  \nThese are pressing needs, and there are compelling opportunities to address them. The work could begin by connecting students at HBCUs to existing resources and expanding the availability of those resources. Emergency aid to HBCUs must be increased, since only 38% of students dealing with housing and/or food shortfalls received federal pandemic emergency aid through the CARES Act. With additional federal and state support, institutions could also increase staffing to help students connect to public benefits programs. Fewer than half of HBCU students experiencing basic needs insecurity were receiving any type of public benefits, and barely one in five received help from their institution to apply for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).  \nThis report outlines the evidence guiding these recommendations and others to support HBCUs and their students. The Hope Center is committed to acting on these data through \\#RealCollegeHBCU, a capacity-building initiative with the Center for the Study of HBCUs that will support HBCUs to build an ecosystem of basic needs supports for their students.  \n3  \nINTRODUCTION  \n4  \nThe pandemic continues to rapidly change higher education. Since the pandemic began, countless college students have lost their jobs, been physically displaced, become hungry or homeless, or experienced other negative impacts.4 The challenges disproportionately affect students within urban communities of color, poorly resourced rural districts, and minoritized students—including many of the students that HBCUs serve.  \nHBCUs were established primarily in the post-Civil War era to meet the educational needs of Black Americans. There are 105 accredited public and private HBCUs located across 21 states and territories, down from over 120 in the early twentieth century.5 Most HBCUs are in the southeastern region of the United States.6 HBCUs represent just 3% of U.S. higher education institutions but enroll approximately 300,000 students, including large numbers of structurally minoritized students and Pell-eligible learners.7 Punching well above their weight, HBCUs produce over 20% of Black Americans’bachelor’s degrees, 30% of Black engineers and scientists, 50% of Black lawyers, 80% of Black federal judges, and, most recently, the nation’s first woman to serve as U.S. Vice President (Kamala Harris, Howard University graduate).8 They not only serve high proportions of economically disenfranchised students but facilitate the students’ upward mobility.9  \nHBCUs also generate $14.8 billion in economic impact annually.10 They create almost 135,000 jobs in local and regional economies, including off-campus jobs produced by HBCU-related spending.11 Many of these jobs are in industries (e.g., hospitality) and minority-owned bu","cbCairuWzawD8VPQ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairuWzawD8VPQ","pdf",16966891,35,"English","# Executive Summary\n## Introduction","[{\"question\":\"What does the report examine for HBCU students during fall 2020?\",\"answer\":\"The report examines overlapping challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic and basic needs insecurity affecting students attending HBCUs during fall 2020, using data from the #RealCollege Survey.\"},{\"question\":\"Why are HBCUs particularly vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic?\",\"answer\":\"Persistent funding inequities at the state and federal levels undermine longstanding commitments to student well-being, and these inequities compound the sector’s vulnerability during the pandemic.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the report say about access to emergency aid and public benefits?\",\"answer\":\"Only 38% of students experiencing housing and/or food shortfalls received federal pandemic emergency aid through the CARES Act; fewer than half received any type of public benefits, and barely one in five received help applying for SNAP.\"}]","Basic Needs Insecurity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities - A #RealCollegeHBCU Report | PDF",1792052048,88]