Understanding the Student Parent Experience: The Need for Improved Data Collection on Parent Status in Higher Education. Briefing Paper #C485

Autor/inn/en	Gault, Barbara; Holtzman, Tessa; Reichlin Cruse, Lindsey
Institution	Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)
Titel	Understanding the Student Parent Experience: The Need for Improved Data Collection on Parent Status in Higher Education. Briefing Paper #C485
Quelle	(2020), (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	College Students; Parents; Child Rearing; Student Needs; Data Collection; Equal Education; Minority Group Students; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Gender Differences; One Parent Family; Mothers; Educational Policy; Federal Government; Databases; Student Characteristics; Longitudinal Studies; Financial Aid Applicants; State Government; Parent Surveys; Focus Groups; Community Colleges; Student Surveys; Two Year College Students; National Surveys; State Policy; Government Role; College Role; Washington; Georgia; New York (Rochester); Oregon; Texas (Austin); California; Pennsylvania (Philadelphia); National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NCES); Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (NCES); Community College Survey of Student Engagement; National Survey of Student Engagement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Eltern; Kindererziehung; Data capture; Datensammlung; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Geschlechterkonflikt; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Mother; Mutter; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bundesregierung; Datenbank; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Antragsteller; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Community college; Community College; Schülerbefragung; Kalifornien
Abstract	College students who are parents or caregivers of dependent children make up more than one in five U.S. undergraduates. Colleges need basic information about the experiences and outcomes of the student parents they serve, since these students face distinct challenges, including high rates of economic insecurity and significant time and caregiving demands that can affect their educational outcomes (Institute for Women's Policy Research and Ascend at the Aspen Institute 2019). This briefing paper discusses why data on student parents are critical to increasing equity in college outcomes, and reviews existing and potential new data sources on undergraduate college students with children. It also provides recommendations for improving data collection efforts around parent status, including examples of how these data can be collected by institutions of higher education. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01