Student parents

Hoping to boost degree completion, several states are making child care more affordable for college students juggling parenting responsibilities alongside their studies.

Around 30% of parenting college students are fathers, and their stop-out rates far exceed those of student mothers. It’s time to better serve this “invisible population,” advocates say.

The federal government is providing over $13 million for on-campus child care services that aid low-income student parents as they juggle their family and academic obligations.

In a three-part series, Teen Vogue explores how student-parents experience the journey to and through a higher education system full of structural challenges.

Higher education experts are encouraging a stronger focus on student-fathers, noting that they are often overlooked—and especially vulnerable to basic needs insecurity.

A new memoir from Nicole Lynn Lewis, founder of a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that helps teen parents enroll and thrive in college, highlights opportunities for higher education to better support…

Images of college students typically feature one type of learner: the recent high school graduate living on campus. A new photo project hopes to show that the postsecondary experience is…

Layering college on top of family responsibilities, virtual learning, and the stress of a pandemic, student parents are struggling to stay afloat as they care for themselves and those at…