The college experience can seem like a carefree time, filled with social activities, weekend football games... and, of course, the occasional visit to the library or an all-night study session.
But reality paints a very different picture for many students.
of the nation鈥檚 college students struggle with getting enough nutritious food. That鈥檚 3.8 million students, including thousands in Colorado. And being hungry makes it harder to focus on academics.
In response, most of Colorado鈥檚 colleges and universities maintain food pantries, mobile markets, and other services to help students who struggle to pay for food.
So how do these pantries and mobile markets make a difference for students who struggle to pay their bills 鈥� especially at a moment when inflation has driven food prices up... and as state officials want to make college more accessible to students from different income levels?
Jason Gonzales, who covers higher education for Chalkbeat Colorado, wrote about this after . He spoke with ITN鈥檚 Erin O鈥橳oole about what he learned.
