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Who Are Undergraduates with Dependent Children?

More than 3 million undergraduate students in the United States are parents, representing nearly one in five college students. Supporting student parents promotes their academic achievement and enhances their family well-being, supports college enrollment and completion goals, and can boost state economic health. This brief uses the latest available data to summarize key characteristics of undergraduate students with dependent children.

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The SPARK Collaborative is extremely grateful to all who contributed to this library, especially Erica Hernandez and her team of students at Bowie State, who compiled many of resources in the original Zotero database; the interns at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and their advisor Teresa Bill, who cleaned thousands of resources in summer 2024; and Kimberly Salazar from the Urban Institute for her careful quality review.

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Triple Role Overload: Working, Parenting, and Navigating Public Benefits

2021 |United States|Journal Article|Registration Required

Much has been written about workfamily conflict for professional women, while little attention has focused on poor working mothers. Stuck in lowwage jobs, millions of working mothers rely on public b...

From Teen Parent to Student Parent: Latina Mothers Persistence in Higher Education

2021 |United States|Journal Article|Registration Required

Less than half of adolescent mothers graduate from high school and fewer obtain a post-secondary degree. The purpose of this study is to understand how Latina mothers who experienced childbirth during...

Following a Semester in the Life of a Single Mother at a California Community College

2021 |United States|Journal Article|Registration Required

Long Beach, California: At the February 2019 Achieving the Dream convening, Dr. Jill Biden, former second lady and professor at Northern Virginia Community College, announced the Community College Wom...

Rebuild the Academy: Supporting Academic Mothers During COVID-19 and Beyond

2021 |United States|Journal Article|Registration Required

The issues facing academic mothers have been discussed for decades. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is further exposing these inequalities as womxn scientists who are parenting while also engaging...

Parental LeaveAre We Implementing Perspectives Rather Than Policies?

2021 |United States|Journal Article|Registration Required

In this issue of JAMA Surgery, Castillo-Angeles and colleagues1 report on the perspective and experience of surgical program directors (PDs) on paternity leave. We agree with the articles major concl...

Life Happens, Even to Surgical Trainees

2021 |United States|Journal Article|Registration Required

The culture of surgical training is rapidly evolving. As the proportion of women graduating from US medical schools has risen, so has the number of women choosing surgical careers; nevertheless, women...

Making It Work: Mothers Perceptions of Workplace Breastfeeding and Pumping at Dutch Universities

2021 |United States|Journal Article|Registration Required

Dutch breastfeeding rates are below the World Health Organizations recommendations and targets despite the benefits for individuals and society. Increasing these rates is complex due to multiple brea...

At Issue: Underserved but Undeterred: Single Mother Students' Experiences at Community Colleges

2021 |United States|Journal Article|Registration Required

Single mother students represent a significant proportion of the student body at community colleges. Thus, the purpose of this article is to examine the experiences of single mother students enrolled ...

The Experiences of African American Single Mothers with Minor Children Graduate Students: Persevering Through Unique Challenges

2021 |United States|Dissertation or Thesis|Registration Required

Nontraditional students are increasing in enrollment as one of the most significant demographic groups on American campuses. Since this number grew exponentially from 30% to 50% in a ten-year period (...

Express Yourself: Breastfeeding and Lactation in the Ivory Tower

2021 |United States|Book|Registration Required

Breastfeeding is one activity that highlights the challenges that mothers in particular in the academy face. Pregnancy and lactation single out women for unprofessional behavior. Breastfeeding is ti...

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The SPARK Collaborative is extremely grateful to all who contributed to this library, especially Erica Hernandez and her team of students at Bowie State, who compiled many of resources in the original Zotero database; the interns at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and their advisor Teresa Bill, who cleaned thousands of resources in summer 2024; and Kimberly Salazar from the Urban Institute for her careful quality review.