One in five undergraduate students is a parent or caregiver, balancing coursework and college life with the responsibility of caring for someone else. Yet higher education systems and policies often weren’t designed with those students in mind.
From finding affordable childcare and stable housing to navigating time poverty, financial insecurity and questions of belonging, student parents face barriers that can shape their ability to persist and ultimately earn a degree.
Nicole Lynn Lewis, founder and chief executive officer of Generation Hope, joined Inside Higher Ed student success reporter Joshua Bay on Voices of Student Success to discuss what colleges still misunderstand about student parents and the challenges they navigate both in and outside the classroom.
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