This September, Let’s Celebrate Student Parents!
September is National Student Parent Month, a month to celebrate [...]
Policy-at-a-Glance: Securing Student Parent Success
Earning a college degree has long been critical to [...]
State Policy for Student Parent Success: A Landscape Scan of Policy Solutions Enacted at the State Level
While promoting student-parent success has mainly been left to [...]
Dismantling Barriers to Degree Attainment for Black Single Mother Students
A college degree can be a critical tool to economic [...]
Supreme Court Blocks Biden Student Debt Relief Program
Today, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Biden Administration’s [...]
Black Women Have Made Major Gains in Higher Education, But Black Single Mothers Still Struggle To Attain Degrees
This fact sheet aims to provide college leaders, student [...]
Underwater: Student Mothers and Fathers Struggle to Support Their Families and Pay Off College Loans
IWPR conducted original research on an often-overlooked group of [...]
All In Together: The Role of The Family Resource Center In Achieving Student Parent Success at Los Angeles Valley College
This fact sheet utilizes survey data and focus group [...]
Not Built with Them in Mind: It’s Time to Center Black Single Mothers in Higher Ed
“College campuses were not designed with student parents in mind.” This is now a common refrain echoed among student parent success advocates. It must be acknowledged, too, that the U.S. system of higher education was not designed for women, Black people, anyone parenting while in college, or those who experience life at the intersections of all three of these identities.
Supporting Student Parent Recovery through State Policy
Higher education is essential to accessing high-demand jobs with family-supporting wages and improving family financial well-being. This was true before the COVID-19 pandemic and is especially true now as the nation continues the process of recovering from one of the worst public health, economic, and social crises in modern U.S. history. Early evidence suggests that the pandemic exacerbated barriers faced by student parents, affecting their college plans.
