The Edge: Students Need Emergency Aid. Peers, Advocates, and Entrepreneurs Are Getting Creative to Deliver It.
Subject: The Edge: Students Need Emergency Aid. Peers, Advocates, and Entrepreneurs Are Getting Creative to Deliver It. I’m Goldie Blumenstyk, a senior writer at The Chronicle covering innovation in and around academe. Here’s what I’m thinking about this week. Food insecurity has soared nationwide. Student-hunger activists are adapting to the need. Ever since I learned about Swipe Out Hunger, an organization that helps students donate meal-plan credits to classmates in need, I’ve been intrigued by its model, built on altruism and activism and some level of cooperation from colleges...
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