Article revolves around a 44 yo non traditional student at Emerson (not an “elite”). For the elite, they cite an MIT survey where 1 in 10 students answered they “go to bed hungry.” But you can’t infer that’s because they didn’t have access to food. Many kids avoid eating late at night even if hungry due to dieting.
I’d be 1 of the 10 back in college because I’d cram late at night and not bother eating. Or after a party you pass out before eating. Did I sometimes go to bed hungry? Sure. Did I go to bed hungry because I didn’t have access to food? No. Food was everywhere. Even good food is easy to come by if you just look up club/career/guest speaker events, which always offer some sort of free food spread.
You can’t blame the college if kids pocket their food allowance $ then complain later.