No category of college students has been harder hit than one that is often invisible: students who are also mothers (and fathers). Despite being largely left out of the national higher ed conversation, student parents make up about one-quarter of all college students, and face barriers like soaring college costs and lack of affordable childcare and housing.
Author: Nicole Lynn Lewis
Nicole Lynn Lewis is the founder and CEO of Generation Hope, and the author of PREGNANT GIRL: A Story of Teen Motherhood, College, and Creating a Better Future for Young Families (Beacon Press).