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We conduct scientifically rigorous and practice-informed action research that explores poorly understood problems affecting #RealCollege students and examine the efficacy of interventions to support #RealCollege students. With all our publications we seek to inform, educate, stimulate and guide people who want to shift the structural conditions and mindsets holding back #RealCollege students.

Our current focus is on research studies that identify areas for improvement and/or evaluating existing practices aimed at addressing #RealCollege issues such as college affordability, improvements to the current financial aid system, and students’ basic needs. In order to do this, we establish and maintain strategic partnerships that emphasize credible findings and survey methods, pursue action-oriented, stakeholder-engaged research, and advance the field(s) of inquiry.

The work gathered here encompasses the full range of Hope Center research work. You will find policy briefs, white papers and academic articles. We endeavor to make this a useful and easy to access library so that researchers, practitioners, policy makers and journalists can easily review the latest work we are producing.

National Reports

All #RealCollege national surveys conducted by The Hope Center

All Reports

All research reports published by The Hope Center

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Parenting While In College: Basic Needs Insecurity Among Students With Children

At least one in five of today’s college students is parenting a child while enrolled in classes. If these parenting...

Food and Housing Insecurity Among Philadelphia College Students: A #RealCollegePHL Report

Securing the basic needs of Philadelphia undergraduates is crucial to the city’s efforts to boost college attainment, promote economic well-being,

Hungry to Win: A First Look at Food and Housing Insecurity Among Student-Athletes

Student-athletes compete in school and on the field. They are often full-time students and full-time athletes, making it challenging...

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Tribal Colleges and Universities #RealCollege Survey Report

This report describes the results of the #RealCollege survey administered in the fall of 2019 at seven tribal colleges and

AACRAO March 2020 Student Basic Needs Report

AACRAO partnered with The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice at Temple University on the March 2020 survey. The

Fueling success: An experimental evaluation of a community college meal voucher program

Meal voucher initiatives seek to provide students facing food insecurity with access to free meals from their college cafeteria. Some

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities #RealCollege Survey Report

This report describes the results of the #RealCollege survey administered in the fall of 2018and 2019 at 28 of the

Washington State Community and Technical Colleges #RealCollege Survey

This report describes the results of the #RealCollege survey administered in the fall of 2019 at 28 out of the

New Jersey Community Colleges #RealCollege Survey Report

Now in its fifth year, the #RealCollege survey is the nation’s largest, longest-running annual assessment of basic needs security among

#RealCollege 2020: Five Years of Evidence on Basic Needs Insecurity

Five years after it began, the #RealCollege Survey has now reached more than 330,000 students at more than 400 colleges

Oregon Community Colleges #RealCollege Survey Report

Now in its fifth year, the #RealCollege survey is the nation’s largest, longest-running annual assessment of basic needs security among

Houston Food Scholarship Program Report

Houston Community College (HCC) is one of the nation’s largest community college districts, educating more than 100,000 students each year.

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Completion Grants: A College Affordability Innovation Worthy of Public Investment?

Completion grants are an increasingly popular practice in higher education, but there is not yet any rigorous evidence that they

2018 #RealCollege Survey Report: Denver

The #RealCollege survey is the nation’s largest annual assessment of basic needs security among college students. This report describes the results of the #RealCollege

New National Evidence on the Efficacy of Nudging College Students

With support from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences, the Hope Center has released a new national

2018 #RealCollege Survey Report: Participating Colleges in Minnesota

The #RealCollege survey is the nation’s largest annual assessment of basic needs security among college students. The survey, which specifically

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Journal Articles

Academic articles written by or collaborated on with staff and affiliates at The Hope Center

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Working Papers

Working Papers are pre-publication versions of academic articles, book chapters, or reviews. Working papers posted on this site are typically in progress, under submission, or in press and forthcoming elsewhere.

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Books

Books authored by staff at The Hope Center

Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream.
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. 2016
Goldrick-Rab, S.

Reinventing Student Aid for the 21st Century.
Harvard Education Press, Cambridge, MA. 2014
Kelly, A. & Goldrick-Rab, S. (Editors).

Book Chapters

Chapters and sections we’ve written or collaborated on

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