The University of New Mexico and the New Mexico Higher Education Department are launching a statewide survey to evaluate the food and housing needs of students attending the state’s public and tribal colleges and universities. According to the Higher Education Department, it will be the first time a state has conducted such a study.
Researchers with the university’s Basic Needs Project, which aims to improve access to food and housing for New Mexico’s college students, are developing the survey, which will be administered to students throughout the state in early 2023. It will study how food insecurity impacts New Mexico’s college students, with the goal of helping leaders make decisions about how to distribute resources. The Basic Needs Project has previously studied food and housing insecurity at the University of New Mexico.
