Supporting America’s Student Parents Toolkit
Despite growing awareness of the unique circumstances parenting students often face—any child care gap, car repair, medical bill, or other seemingly minor events remain major threats to their educational pursuits. It’s a stark paradox that more than 3 million student parents confront every day in higher education. As learners, parents demonstrate higher levels of engagement…
Read More#SupportStudentParents Student Videos
To learn more about the barriers that student parents face and the policy changes that could better support them, check out these videos from two student parents:
Read More#ConnectCollegeStudents: Crystal
Crystal Leua Correa, a graduating senior at the University of Washington, shares the challenges she faced when her school transitioned to online learning due to the coronavirus pandemic. Crystal lost access to campus technology, and since she didn’t own a laptop, had to borrow friends’ computers or do assignments on her phone.
Read More#ConnectCollegeStudents: Makayla
Makayla just finished her freshman year at James Madison University. When her campus closed, she went home to her parents’ house in rural Virginia, but is unable to get internet at home.
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