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New Playbook Outlines 5 Ways Higher Education Institutions Can Support Student Parents
Today, Ascend at the Aspen Institute (Ascend) released the second season of “1 in 5,” its highly rated podcast that explores the multifaceted lives of the one in five college students raising children.
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Press ReleasesMay 3, 2023
Ascend’s New College President Advisory Group to Implement Best Practices on Campus to Advance Student Parent Success
Ascend is proud to announce the inaugural cohort of the Postsecondary Leadership Circle (Leadership Circle) for Parents: A prestigious group of college and university leaders that will advise the Aspen Postsecondary Success for Parents (PSP) Initiative – a multi-year effort to raise awareness of and share recommendations to better support students who are parents. During …

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BlogApril 2, 2020