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Cutting Barriers: Addressing the Challenges of Parenting Students in Cosmetology Programs
Parenting students are often overlooked in postsecondary education. Here’s how cosmetology programs can improve how they support them.
Parenting Students Need Affordable Child Care. The CCAMPIS Reauthorization Act Will Help
A new bill in congress would increase funding for the CCAMPIS program, which helps subsidize child care for students.
Parenting Students Already Overcome the Odds to Succeed in College, The Republican Budget Bill Is Going to Make it Harder
The Republican budget reconciliation bill puts parenting students at deeper risk of losing access to college and basic needs security.
Why Colleges Should Get Involved in Child Care Advocacy
Colleges should get involved in advocacy for child care solutions. Here's why.
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.
We Need More Data on Parenting Students. The Bipartisan Understanding Student Parent Outcomes Act Will Help.
Lawmakers have reintroduced the Understanding Student Parent Outcomes Act, a bill that would support parenting student data
Beyond Tuition: Funding for Campus Based Child Care for Student Parents
Colleges struggle to financially support child care for student parents, but there are options for funding them via braiding various funding
Parenting Students at For-Profits Face the Highest Rates of Homelessness
Parenting students at for-profit colleges face higher homelessness rates than peers at public and nonprofit schools with more support.
Promising Partners: Community Colleges and Child Care Resource & Referral Networks
Child Care Resource and Referral Networks and Community Colleges can partner to address child care needs.
The House Reconciliation Bill Will Harm Student Parents
Congressional republicans are cutting financial aid and other supports that millions of student parents rely on to succeed in college.
Want Affordable, High-Quality Child Care? Look to the Military
Child care is more expensive than college tuition in many states, which is why the military subsidizes it, and so should the civilian world.
The President’s Proposed Budget Would Strip Child Care Access from Student Parents
CCAMPIS is a critical program helping thousands of student parents access quality child care.
Improving Child Care for Student Parents Starts with Better Institutional Data
Student parents need child care to succeed. Here’s how two colleges are using data to better support their parenting student populations.