About 22% of undergraduate college students are also parents -- and juggling work, childcare and their own education has been nearly impossible. “For student-parents, many of whom work, it’s not just double duty, it’s triple duty now.'
Even in the days before many parents were forced to balance taking conference calls from home with overseeing their children’s schooling, her schedule was packed.
“There’s just going to be too many things going on as far as me having my own classes and my daughter starting kindergarten on the computer,” she said. “For student-parents, many of whom work, it’s not just double duty, it’s triple duty now,” said Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, study director at IWPR. Generation Hope is one of many organizations pushing colleges and policymakers to do more to meet the needs of student-parents — efforts that are particularly important in light of the pandemic, when employment and childcare are so uncertain.
Seldin’s organization launched a tool earlier this year, called SwiftStudent, that students can use to populate letters to send to their schools appealing for changes to their financial aid packages. One of the templates available allows parents to ask for funds to cover child care expenses.
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