Students’ food acquisition struggles in the context of South Africa: The fundamentals of student development

Date
2015-04
Authors
Dominguez-Whitehead, Yasmine
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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Abstract
This article situates food at the heart of the fundamentals of student development, based on qualitative case study research. Food acquisition and food-related struggles in the context of the South African university are examined. Three overarching themes emerged from the analysis of the data, and are discussed in detail: depletion of food funds, acquiring food on campus, and awareness of others' food struggles. The findings suggest that students struggling to acquire food are dominated by food acquisition issues and that inaccessibility of food on campus has a potentially detrimental impact on student development and involvement on campus.
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Keywords
Food acquisition – Tertiary students – South Africa, Poverty – Tertiary students – South Africa, South African universities – Food on campus
Citation
Dominguez-Whitehead, Y. (2015). Students’ food acquisition struggles in the context of South Africa: The fundamentals of student development. Journal of College Student Development, 56(3), 292-308.