Research Paper On The University Of Texas Arlington As A Vulnerable Population

For my windshield survey, I decided to write about college students at the University of Texas Arlington as a vulnerable population. To first understand the reason why college students are considered vulnerable, you first must understand what a vulnerable population is. Vulnerable populations include people with higher health risks, poverty-stricken, underprivileged, and those who are not able to help themselves, like children or the elderly (Green 2023b). College students are often considered to fall under the definition of a vulnerable population. A couple of these reasons are because of financial instability, social and emotional challenges, healthcare access, housing insecurity, and most importantly food insecurity. Colleges charge their

Luckily there is public transportation to Walmart, but sometimes many people aren’t able to reach the busses on time. Without a car, there are only very limited places you can go to and shop, which leads to many students having to rely on the food given out by the college. I noticed that many students go to the cafeterias in the college for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Without a food swipe, many people would have to pay for each meal and even then, the food swipes are hardly cheap and cost thousands of dollars which many students can’t afford on top of what they already owe to the college. Surrounding the college, you can only find apartments and small shops that tailor their merchandise and food to specific groups of people and that tend to scare other students away. Something else that tends to add to the vulnerability of the college students here is the fact that the University of Texas Arlington is considered to be a commuter college. A commuter college is a college where many of its students commute to the college instead of living in the dorms or surrounding