If you're a student parent, this blog is for you! In this space, you'll hear from current and recent student parents sharing their hearts, wisdom, experiences, and resources they've found to support their journey.
Ascend at the Aspen Institute launches it's new Parent Advisor Program Microsite, a resource co-created with 11 student parents to support organizations hoping to better center parent voice.
The Jed Foundation (JED) recently announced a mental health collaborative designed to enable community colleges to better support students who are parents. The JED Campus Collaborative for Student Parents builds on Improving Mental Health of Student Parents: A Framework For Higher Education, a set of recommendations developed by JED and Ascend at the Aspen Institute
Ascend at the Aspen Institute created the Black & Native Family Futures Fund to increase access & success for parenting students at 8 HBCUs & TCUs. Ascend is sharing outcomes & key takeaways.
This is our first “constellation,” and there will be many more coming soon that focus on geography, role, interest area, and identity. Learn how to join here!
You can search and filter nearly 1,000 publications (and growing) related to student-parent issues in our newly launched Resource Library.
Scholarship America, ECMC Foundation, GoFundMe.org, Trellis Foundation, Ascendium Education Group, and the Crimsonbridge Foundation will launch a new national emergency aid program to assist students, including students who are single mothers, in 2025.