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The brief draws on a National Governors Association roundtable to outline how states can better support student parents through improved data use, cross-agency collaboration, removal of financial barriers, and cultural change with community-based partners, helping meet postsecondary attainment goals and expand economic mobility for families.",{"@graph":14,"@context":73},[15,34,56],{"@type":16,"itemListElement":17},"BreadcrumbList",[18,23,27,31],{"item":19,"name":20,"@type":21,"position":22},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",1,{"item":24,"name":25,"@type":21,"position":26},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":28,"name":29,"@type":21,"position":30},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/","Research & 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\nBackground and Introduction  \nNearly a quarter of all undergraduate students in the U. S. are parents. 1 All parents, especially younger parents and those returning to school after years in the workforce, face a system that was not designed to accommodate their needs as caretakers. The needs of student parents have become even more acute during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced many parents to reconsider, postpone or cancel their postsecondary education plans due to unexpected childcare, schooling needs or other associated hardships.  \nFurther compounding this trend, a recent survey from the Lumina Foundation and Gallup revealed that postsecondary students are too often uncertain as to whether institutions offer the kinds of support they may need, such as food assistance, child care support or career counseling.2 At the same time, however, 45 states have established postsecondary attainment goals in an effort to encourage more learners to enroll in and complete postsecondary education—increasingly a prerequisite for success in today’s economy.3  \nAs the demographics and related needs of postsecondary learners continue to change and as policymakers increasingly emphasize the importance of postsecondary completion, better understanding and responding to the needs of this growing student population is quickly becoming a national imperative. After all, thriving families contribute to dynamic state and local economies. To meet these needs and to help states meet their ambitious postsecondary attainment goals over the next decade, state governments and postsecondary institutions must commit to working closely together and increasing coordination across education, training, and human services systems.  \nGovernors are uniquely positioned to facilitate the necessary coordination across human services, workforce development and postsecondary education systems to holistically support student parents as caregivers and learners simultaneously. Governors can draw attention to this issue and, using the bully pulpit, raise awareness and build public support around the need to do more to support student parents. Governors are also well positioned to leverage a coordinated, cross-systems effort and to work with state legislatures so they can enact necessary legislative changes to better support student parents.  \nWith generous support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the National Governors Association’s Center for Best Practices (NGA Center), in partnership with Ascend at the Aspen Institute4, convened and hosted a roundtable of experts focused on the postsecondary attainment of student parents.  \nThis convening aimed to:  \n(1) Facilitate a conversation that uplifts the experience of student parents and offers opportunities for improved engagement;  \n(2) Identify the levers that state leaders can use to ensure success for student parents; and  \n(3) Create a framework for serving student parents through cross-sector collaborations. This roundtable contributed to the wider national conversation about supporting student parents as a way to ensure greater economic mobility for families. In order to engage individuals with lived experience, the NGA Center invited Generation Hope 5 and three student parent scholars from the program to provide insights on the multigenerational benefits of postsecondary success for student parents. Unanimously, the scholars highlighted the important role their own parents played in their educational attainment, specifically in helping with childcare or offering encouragement, which was integral to their pursuit of college degrees. As such, it is critical for state governments and institutions of higher education to consider how to reach beyond two generations and leverage the support that is available through family members.  \nThis brief summarizes insights from the roundtable and offers actionable strategies for G","cbCaihRcRgTlTOJi","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihRcRgTlTOJi","pdf",247082,"English","# Background and Introduction\n## Actionable Strategies for State Leaders to Ensure the Success of Student Parents\n### Using Data More Effectively","[{\"question\":\"Why are student parents facing greater challenges during and after COVID-19?\",\"answer\":\"COVID-19 forced many parents to reconsider, postpone, or cancel postsecondary plans due to unexpected childcare and schooling needs and related hardships.\"},{\"question\":\"What problem does the brief identify with current support systems for student parents?\",\"answer\":\"Postsecondary institutions and systems often lack reliable information about how many students have children, making it difficult to make administrative, operational, and funding decisions to provide needed resources and supports.\"},{\"question\":\"How can governors and state leaders help improve outcomes for student parents?\",\"answer\":\"They can use data to identify the student-parent population, facilitate collaboration across agencies and institutions, address financial obstacles, and lead cultural change in partnership with community-based organizations.\"}]","PUTTING POLICY INTO PRACTICE - STATE ACTIONS FOR THE POSTSECONDARY SUCCESS OF STUDENT PARENTS | PDF",1792055357,23]