ICYMI: It’s #StudentParentMonth!
⏯️ Here, our policy expert @stephabaker.bsky.social breaks down why #ChildCare can be such a barrier for parenting students and how better policies can better support this student population—and help the families they raise, too.
⏯️ Here, our policy expert @stephabaker.bsky.social breaks down why #ChildCare can be such a barrier for parenting students and how better policies can better support this student population—and help the families they raise, too.
September 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
ICYMI: It’s #StudentParentMonth!
⏯️ Here, our policy expert @stephabaker.bsky.social breaks down why #ChildCare can be such a barrier for parenting students and how better policies can better support this student population—and help the families they raise, too.
⏯️ Here, our policy expert @stephabaker.bsky.social breaks down why #ChildCare can be such a barrier for parenting students and how better policies can better support this student population—and help the families they raise, too.
Check out our new report on strategies colleges can use to connect student parents with child care services.
Excited to wrap up #StudentParentMonth with sharing our this report - but rest assured the work and uplifting of student parents will continue next month + beyond.
Excited to wrap up #StudentParentMonth with sharing our this report - but rest assured the work and uplifting of student parents will continue next month + beyond.
To wrap up #StudentParentMonth, our #HigherEd policy team has just published detailed insight into why on-campus #ChildCare helps parenting students stay enrolled and graduate—but also why it’s not a silver bullet.
🧸 Read here how colleges must design multiple strategies to truly meet their needs.
🧸 Read here how colleges must design multiple strategies to truly meet their needs.
Supporting Parenting Students: Recommendations for Colleges Addressing Child Care Barriers
This report outlines research findings and shares recommendations for how colleges can support parenting students with child their care needs.
www.newamerica.org
September 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Check out our new report on strategies colleges can use to connect student parents with child care services.
Excited to wrap up #StudentParentMonth with sharing our this report - but rest assured the work and uplifting of student parents will continue next month + beyond.
Excited to wrap up #StudentParentMonth with sharing our this report - but rest assured the work and uplifting of student parents will continue next month + beyond.
Can’t make it this afternoon?
↘️ Click through our #StudentParentMonth resources for other specific ways policymakers and #colleges can improve child care access.
↘️ Click through our #StudentParentMonth resources for other specific ways policymakers and #colleges can improve child care access.
Policy Agenda: Improving Child Care Access for Parenting Students
This policy agenda outlines federal and state strategies to strengthen support for student parents and advance a more accessible child care system.
www.newamerica.org
September 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Can’t make it this afternoon?
↘️ Click through our #StudentParentMonth resources for other specific ways policymakers and #colleges can improve child care access.
↘️ Click through our #StudentParentMonth resources for other specific ways policymakers and #colleges can improve child care access.
Welcome to #StudentParentMonth!
It's time to honor and celebrate the achievements of parenting students—and importantly, it's an opportunity to prepare policy solutions to common problems they face, like finding and affording #ChildCare.
🎷 So we're headed down to the Big Easy to do just that!
It's time to honor and celebrate the achievements of parenting students—and importantly, it's an opportunity to prepare policy solutions to common problems they face, like finding and affording #ChildCare.
🎷 So we're headed down to the Big Easy to do just that!
September 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Welcome to #StudentParentMonth!
It's time to honor and celebrate the achievements of parenting students—and importantly, it's an opportunity to prepare policy solutions to common problems they face, like finding and affording #ChildCare.
🎷 So we're headed down to the Big Easy to do just that!
It's time to honor and celebrate the achievements of parenting students—and importantly, it's an opportunity to prepare policy solutions to common problems they face, like finding and affording #ChildCare.
🎷 So we're headed down to the Big Easy to do just that!
Welcome to National #StudentParentMonth!
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Student parents make up a significant share of #college students—but too often, they’re invisible in #HigherEd data.
Here, our policy expert @ewaspeaks.bsky.social explains why better data matters and how state-level wins can shape federal policy.
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Student parents make up a significant share of #college students—but too often, they’re invisible in #HigherEd data.
Here, our policy expert @ewaspeaks.bsky.social explains why better data matters and how state-level wins can shape federal policy.
September 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Welcome to National #StudentParentMonth!
🍼 🎓 🍼
Student parents make up a significant share of #college students—but too often, they’re invisible in #HigherEd data.
Here, our policy expert @ewaspeaks.bsky.social explains why better data matters and how state-level wins can shape federal policy.
🍼 🎓 🍼
Student parents make up a significant share of #college students—but too often, they’re invisible in #HigherEd data.
Here, our policy expert @ewaspeaks.bsky.social explains why better data matters and how state-level wins can shape federal policy.
To wrap up #StudentParentMonth, our #HigherEd policy team has just published detailed insight into why on-campus #ChildCare helps parenting students stay enrolled and graduate—but also why it’s not a silver bullet.
🧸 Read here how colleges must design multiple strategies to truly meet their needs.
🧸 Read here how colleges must design multiple strategies to truly meet their needs.
Supporting Parenting Students: Recommendations for Colleges Addressing Child Care Barriers
This report outlines research findings and shares recommendations for how colleges can support parenting students with child their care needs.
www.newamerica.org
September 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
To wrap up #StudentParentMonth, our #HigherEd policy team has just published detailed insight into why on-campus #ChildCare helps parenting students stay enrolled and graduate—but also why it’s not a silver bullet.
🧸 Read here how colleges must design multiple strategies to truly meet their needs.
🧸 Read here how colleges must design multiple strategies to truly meet their needs.
Today is the last day of #StudentParentMonth, a month to celebrate and reflect upon the roughly one in five students in America’s postsecondary education system who are caring for children.
Did you know that in beauty schools, that number jumps to one in three?
#edusky
🧵:1/3
Did you know that in beauty schools, that number jumps to one in three?
#edusky
🧵:1/3
September 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Today is the last day of #StudentParentMonth, a month to celebrate and reflect upon the roughly one in five students in America’s postsecondary education system who are caring for children.
Did you know that in beauty schools, that number jumps to one in three?
#edusky
🧵:1/3
Did you know that in beauty schools, that number jumps to one in three?
#edusky
🧵:1/3
An excellent Friday read to end #StudentParentMonth from Michelle Asha Cooper on the importance of high-quality institutions for parenting students.
www.diverseeducation.com/opinion/arti...
www.diverseeducation.com/opinion/arti...
We Owe Student Parents A High-Value College Experience
Strengthening opportunities for student parents to access high-value schools and degrees is a leading factor in their success.
www.diverseeducation.com
September 29, 2023 at 4:13 PM
An excellent Friday read to end #StudentParentMonth from Michelle Asha Cooper on the importance of high-quality institutions for parenting students.
www.diverseeducation.com/opinion/arti...
www.diverseeducation.com/opinion/arti...
September is #StudentParentMonth, a celebration of and a call to support the 1/5 college students with children.
As part of that effort, New America is highlighting conversations we had with 5 student-parent experts who work to support these students.
newamerica.org/education-po...
As part of that effort, New America is highlighting conversations we had with 5 student-parent experts who work to support these students.
newamerica.org/education-po...
Five Ways to Support Student Parents During and Beyond Student Parent Month
September is student parent month—an opportunity to celebrate the one in five students in the higher education system with dependent children. A majority of student parents identify as students of c...
newamerica.org
September 6, 2023 at 12:47 PM
September is #StudentParentMonth, a celebration of and a call to support the 1/5 college students with children.
As part of that effort, New America is highlighting conversations we had with 5 student-parent experts who work to support these students.
newamerica.org/education-po...
As part of that effort, New America is highlighting conversations we had with 5 student-parent experts who work to support these students.
newamerica.org/education-po...
Stable housing is critical to #StudentParent success, but too many face the threat of eviction.
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Here, our policy expert Richard Davis Jr. breaks down what our research with the @evictionlab.bsky.social indicates about housing insecurity among this student population.
#StudentParentMonth
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Here, our policy expert Richard Davis Jr. breaks down what our research with the @evictionlab.bsky.social indicates about housing insecurity among this student population.
#StudentParentMonth
September 10, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Stable housing is critical to #StudentParent success, but too many face the threat of eviction.
🔐🎓🔐
Here, our policy expert Richard Davis Jr. breaks down what our research with the @evictionlab.bsky.social indicates about housing insecurity among this student population.
#StudentParentMonth
🔐🎓🔐
Here, our policy expert Richard Davis Jr. breaks down what our research with the @evictionlab.bsky.social indicates about housing insecurity among this student population.
#StudentParentMonth
Want even more data during #StudentParentMonth?
Scroll through our original report about what happens when these families are “ousted from opportunity.”
Scroll through our original report about what happens when these families are “ousted from opportunity.”
Ousted from Opportunity: Eviction's Adverse Impact on Parenting College Students
New America partnered with the Eviction Lab to understand how eviction affects parents who are attending college while caring for children—and found it likely leads to severe negative consequences.
www.newamerica.org
September 10, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Want even more data during #StudentParentMonth?
Scroll through our original report about what happens when these families are “ousted from opportunity.”
Scroll through our original report about what happens when these families are “ousted from opportunity.”