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On-Campus Child Care: A Valuable but Dwindling Support for Student Parents
How access to on-campus child care can make postsecondary completion easier for student parents.
Dissension In The ranks? Some Accrediting Agencies Embrace Guidance To Improve Complaint Processes, Others Push Back
The Department of Education has said accreditors need to improve how they handle complaints, but only some accrediting agencies are choosing
What Does Financial Need Look Like for Student Parents?
Kevin Miller, higher education consultant and expert, discusses upcoming reform to FAFSA and ways to alleviate costs for student parents.
Taking a Closer Look at Young Community College Students and Bachelor’s Graduates in Florida
Recent data from Florida paint a picture of the young Floridians enrolling in and graduating from CCB programs.
Identifying Research and Policy Gaps to Expand Support for Student Parents
A conversation with Nina Besser Doorley and Afet Dundarat IWPR on student parent research and policy gaps.
“Just Trying to Fight for Yourself”: What We Still Need to Know about Affirmative Action Bans’ Impact on Student Well-Being
New research should examine how racially minoritized students respond to approaches for promoting diversity taken–or not–by universities.
Americans Have Mixed Feelings About Online Learning
To Support Student Parents, Colleges Need to Know Who They Are
New America will join efforts to improve colleges’ data collection on student parents.
Access to Child Care is a Major Source of Stress for Student Parents
Finding child care is a constant source of stress for student parents, which has led some to give up on their dreams of a new career.