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Higher Education Must Change to Reflect Shifting Student Demographics

The profile of today’s college-going population looks much different than it did decades ago, when the average student was a fresh-faced 18-year-old moving directly from high school to campus. Students today are older, more experienced in work, and more socioeconomically and racially diverse than their [...]

January 22, 2015|Categories: Press Hits|

Access to Child Care Declines Across Higher Education

A report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research shows a decline in child-care services across higher education, and particularly at community colleges.The percentage of two-year colleges that offer on-campus child-care services fell from 53 percent in 2004 to 46 percent in 2013: At public [...]

December 17, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|

The Quiet Struggle of College Students With Kids

"According to a 2014 study from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 4.8 million college students were parents of dependent children in 2011, the most recent year for which data is available—that’s about 26 percent of all college undergraduates. The vast majority of these students, [...]

December 17, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|