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Bongoy, Mission Famille  \nAbstract  \nThis study of homeless students’ existential experiences was focused on urban community colleges and postsecondary vocational schools and universities. Homeless students encounter unique existential challenges, yet homeless students have proven abilities to access resources essential for their academic pursuits. The study results showed homeless students are attracted to institutions with open-door polices that facilitate access to financial resources and are staffed by accommodating faculty. Among this study’s findings are that homeless students camouflaged ubiquitous signs of their homelessness by concealing their indigent status. Yet, homeless students sought and desired to socialize and maintain relationships with their peers. All the participants in this study were pursuing their studies with ambitions and aspirations to graduate and start businesses to emancipate themselves from homelessness and re-enter the macro-society. This data driven study contributes new insight to the phenomenon of homeless students and new knowledge on homeless students’life worlds and their existential experiences in higher education institutions. The study’s findings, applications, and usefulness target natural audiences made of educators, academic administrators, and private and political stakeholders. Additionally, this study maybe used to advocate for the welfare of homeless students to private and public agencies as well as organizations that promote social policies for indigent populations, including development projects of residential hostelry for homeless students.  \nKeywords: homeless students; urban public community colleges; postsecondary vocational institutions; social marginalization; poverty; residential hostelry  \nHomelessness in the United States  \nAccording to Hombs (2011), a homeless person is “an individual or family who lacks a regular, fixed and adequate nighttime residence”(p. 182). There are 39.7 million persons living in poverty in the United States; amongst them are the homeless (U.S. Census Bureau, 2018) . The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD, 2018) reported that 552,830 individuals were homeless at some point in 2018. Homelessness is not a new phenomenon by any means, as this has been a social reality affecting individuals and families for generations (Eisenberg, A. (2018) . The definition of a homeless person is as follows:  \nan individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence,[and sleeps in public or private places not designated] for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping  \naccommodation for human beings, including a car, park, abandoned building, a bus or train station, airport, or camping ground. (Hombs, 2011, p. 182; Donley, A. M., Crisafi, D., Mullins, A., & Wright, J. D., 2017) .  \nBoth HUD (2010) and Hombs (2011) discussed and defined what a home is, or what it should be, as follows: “Homes, at the very least, should be shelters from cold and protection from predation. But for the least among us, home is a heating grate or a tarp in the park” (Szeintuch,2017; Hombs, 2011, p. 58) .  \nStudy Background  \nOur first exposure to homeless students was in 2010 and again in 2013 through an encounter with a homeless army veteran and student who had served in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm, and had benefited from the GI Bill (enacted in 1944), to further his education. The encounter ignited our curiosity and interest in the student homelessness phenomenon that led to this study, on the campuses of Alfa College in Miami, Beta College in Broward, and other postsecondary public vocational institutions (PSPVIs) in Florida.  \nHomelessness in Current Landscape in Higher Education  \nCurrently, there is no comparable written legislation similar t","cbCaijd9hIPNvfFK","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijd9hIPNvfFK","pdf",506033,"English","# Abstract\n# Homelessness in the United States\n## Definitions and reported scope\n# Study Background\n# Homelessness in Current Landscape in Higher Education\n# Literature Review\n# Homeless and Homelessness in the Modern Era","[{\"question\":\"What existential challenges do homeless students face in postsecondary education, according to the study?\",\"answer\":\"The study focuses on homeless students’ existential experiences and highlights unique challenges encountered in urban community colleges and postsecondary vocational settings.\"},{\"question\":\"Why are participants attracted to certain institutions?\",\"answer\":\"Homeless students are drawn to institutions with open-door policies that facilitate access to financial resources, and are staffed by accommodating faculty.\"},{\"question\":\"How do participants describe coping and goals related to homelessness?\",\"answer\":\"Participants report camouflaging signs of homelessness while seeking socialization with peers; they aim to graduate, start businesses, and emancipate themselves to re-enter broader society.\"}]","Homeless Students’ Lived Experiences in Postsecondary Institutions and Academe: A Hermeneutic-Phenomenological Study | PDF",1792089837]