Strategies and Innovations that Support Student Parents
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Parents who want to improve their economic opportunity through education often encounter scheduling conflicts, child care challenges, and other major ...
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Students who are parents need access to networks to create social capital and to achieve their goals, such as completion of a postsecondary credential...
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Addressing mental health and trauma is a persistent concern for students who are parents. While more research is needed to understand the specific men...
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Ascend at the Aspen Institute’s Postsecondary Success for Parents (PSP) initiative is a partnership with Imaginable Futures and the ECMC Foundat...
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This brief shares insights from a strategic session organized by Ascend’s Postsecondary Success for Parents (PSP) initiative that included 15 or...
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With 22 percent of the undergraduate student population comprised of parents, policymakers and institutions must explore the unique needs of this popu...