Re-Engaging Student Parents to Achieve Attainment and Equity Goals: A Case for Investment in More Accessible Postsecondary Pathways

Autor/inn/en	Hensly, Catherine; White, Chaunté; Cruse, Lindsey Reichlin
Institution	Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)
Titel	Re-Engaging Student Parents to Achieve Attainment and Equity Goals: A Case for Investment in More Accessible Postsecondary Pathways
Quelle	(2021), (51 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Postsecondary Education; Access to Education; Child Rearing; Parents; College Students; Student Needs; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Marital Status; Gender Differences; Educational Attainment; Parent Role; Equal Education; One Parent Family; At Risk Students; College Credits; Academic Degrees; Learner Engagement; Adults; Educational Policy; Public Policy; State Policy; Reentry Students; American Community Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Kindererziehung; Eltern; Collegestudent; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Familienstand; Geschlechterkonflikt; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Parental role; Elternrolle; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Öffentliche Ordnung; Zweiter Bildungsweg
Abstract	In recent years, the goal of 60 percent of adults holding a postsecondary degree has been set as a key benchmark for the United States to build a skilled workforce and remain economically competitive. Engaging adults with some college credit but no degree is critical to reaching this goal. Efforts to increase adult degree attainment, however, have largely ignored the role of parenthood in adults' ability to reengage with and complete college. This report builds on past Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) research exploring the experiences and support needs of student parents, including those who have taken prolonged enrollment breaks, and the policy and practice reforms needed to improve their ability to thrive in and graduate from college. Using data from the American Community Survey, the report sheds light on gaps in educational attainment rates among parents by gender, marital status, and race and ethnicity. It then projects future attainment rates to highlight the integral role parents play in reaching a 60-percent attainment target nationally. The report also demonstrates how gaps in degree attainment by race and ethnicity may persist in the absence of more targeted support for adult learners who are parents of children under 18. [This report was funded by Imaginable Futures.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01