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.
Topics: Student parents
Education Department awards millions for campus child care programs
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.
‘We deserve to be on campus just like anybody else’: Student-parents on overcoming barriers, stigmas in higher ed
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.
Long-overdue spotlight on student fathers, as men’s college enrollment decreases
Higher education experts are encouraging a stronger focus on student-fathers, noting that they are often overlooked—and especially vulnerable to basic needs insecurity.
New book: To help student-parents thrive, focus on belonging, basic needs
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 students who are raising children.
A truer picture of today’s college students
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 far more varied.
Competing demands weigh heavily on student parents during pandemic
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 home.