When a client is struggling with financial or health needs in addition to personal or spiritual ones, it is common to make an appeal to "Maslow's hierarchy," according to which material needs, in some ...

Students in today’s world at all ages need basic requirements to receive and gain their full academic potential. Some of those needs include a stable environment to complete homework and obtaining ...

Housing, at its core, is a basic human need. We all deserve access to reliable, safe spaces to comfortably shelter and simply live. Historically, homelessness rates skyrocketed in America during the ...

Many people think of college students as young adults living on campus and focused on developmental concerns, such as establishing new friends, feeling homesick, and academic pressure. Indeed, many ...

Over the past decade, rising costs of living and student housing rates have added pressure to already strained college learners, creating a new challenge for colleges and universities seeking to ...

Human ecology education is a transformative program that focuses on the interplay between humans and our human ecosystem. It is an interdisciplinary educational field that combines physical and psycho ...

Daniel Steel receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) through their Insight Grants program. Amanda Giang receives funding from the Social Sciences ...

With tariffs, economic uncertainty, cuts to food banks, and rising grocery bills, officials who fight for their constituents’ basic needs will be on a strong foundation. Americans know any of us could ...

Support the center in a way that works for you, from volunteering to financial donations. The Basic Needs Center accepts donations of food and personal care items to stock the Buff Pantry and mobile ...