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.@MonroeCC found #StudentParents who utilized their child care center had 1.5 times the fall-to-fall persistence rate & over 3.5 times the on-time graduation rate of the students who didn’t use the center. Read more from @MaryAnnDeMario: https://t.co/1w3r5A9sU3

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.@MaryAnnDeMario writes in #InsightsandOutlooks about data @MonroeCC collects on students’ parental status each semester using a focused survey. Access to this information has allowed the college to better support #StudentParents. Read more: https://t.co/1w3r5A9sU3

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"The end goal is to get to a place where students do not have to question whether the higher ed system was designed for them," says @NicoleLynnLewis. Change can be generated by understanding the needs & experiences of #StudentParents. Read more: https://t.co/SAKyMDM8c5

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"There are so many reasons to expand supports for parenting college students, beginning with the fact that they enrich institutions & bring so many talents and skills into the workforce," says @NicoleLynnLewis of @SupportGenHope. #InsightsandOutlooks: https://t.co/SAKyMDM8c5

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“Bolder action is required to help student parents ensure their families’ well-being and continue to make progress toward their educational and professional goals,” says @lindseyreichlin. Read about ways Congress can better support #StudentsParents: https://t.co/CohBoX1tCc

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.@lindseyreichlin of @IWPResearch writes in #InsightsandOutlooks about the ways the pandemic is affecting #StudentParents. Read how job losses, child care closures, & transitioning online have increased pressure on student parents. Read more here: https://t.co/CohBoX1tCc

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Student parents are more likely to be single mothers, students of color, or the first in their families to attend college, writes @ViniceinED. Check out her #InsightsandOutlooks piece for more about how policymakers can better support student parents: https://t.co/UPvJYgIPjd

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.@ViniceinED writes in @IO_HigherLearn that even before the pandemic, student parents faced near-impossible demands on their time & resources as they worked to juggle school and child care. Read more for ways policymakers can support student parents: https://t.co/UPvJYgIPjd

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A quarter of today’s students are also parents. Read about policies that could better support #StudentParents during the pandemic and beyond in this month’s issue of #InsightsandOutlooks: https://t.co/mqh4jctQ6j

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"Having to choose between taking a semester off, taking fewer classes, being a present mother, & losing all my scholarship money was haunting me," @_YoslinAmaya writes in this month's #InsightsandOutlooks. Learn more about challenges #StudentParents face: https://t.co/nNap2YYPkC

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Check out this month's issue of #InsightsandOutlooks! Issue 27: The Student Parent Issue features articles from policy experts, organizational leaders, & a student parent. Check it out to learn more about how policy can better support student parents: https://t.co/mqh4jctQ6j

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Right now, @_YoslinAmaya, a senior at UMD & @SupportGenHope scholar, has 2 part-time jobs, 4 courses, and 2 kids to homeschool. She’s not unlike most #StudentParents. Learn more about the challenges Yoslin & other student parents face during the pandemic: https://t.co/nNap2YYPkC

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Watch this #InsightsandOutlooks student video! Illise shares how campus closures made her transition from Salt Lake Community College to the University of Utah more difficult. https://t.co/LT6XUGrjrt

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In this #InsightsandOutlooks video, Illise, a student at University of Utah, discusses the challenges she and #TodaysStudents are facing due to campus closures. Hear more from Illise in the video below. https://t.co/LT6XUGrjrt

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In #InsightsandOutlooks, @ChandraCScott discusses the importance of supplying students with basic needs, such as access to the internet. She urges local, state, and federal leaders to go beyond just talking about equity and put their words into action. https://t.co/G6HBl9bnUz

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Read this #InsightsandOutlooks article by @ChandraCScott! Chandra writes about how inequities in #HigherEd became even more apparent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She urges policymakers to support students by providing basic needs necessary to succeed. https://t.co/G6HBl9bnUz

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Read this month’s issue of #InsightsandOutlook, featuring stories of how states and institutions are planning for the return to school this fall, as well as a student story. Check it out here: https://t.co/mqh4jctQ6j

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In this #InsightsandOutlooks Q&A, Louisiana's Commissioner of Higher Education @KimHunterReed discusses the planning and preparation taking place to ensure safe campus reopenings. Read about LA institutions’ phased re-entry plan & more here: https://t.co/I5YvVY2PKV

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Check out this #InsightsandOutlooks Q&A with @LA_Regents' Commissioner of Higher Education @KimHunterReed Commissioner Reed answers questions about how Louisiana has handled the pandemic & what the fall looks like for the state’s colleges & universities. https://t.co/I5YvVY2PKV