4 Tips for Parents and Caregivers Who Want to Go to College
David Croom and our Postsecondary Success for Parents partners were featured in NPR discussing the opportunities for colleges and universities to make higher ed more accessible for parenting students.
“Parents experience this concept called time poverty,” says David Croom, the assistant director for postsecondary achievement and innovation at Ascend at the Aspen Institute. “They have about half the time to dedicate to academic pursuits – like being in class, tutoring, studying – as compared to non-parents.”
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