How Should Colleges Collect Parenting Student Data? (Version 2.0): An Updated Guide for Policymakers and Practitioners
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| Title: | How Should Colleges Collect Parenting Student Data? (Version 2.0): An Updated Guide for Policymakers and Practitioners |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Nathan Sick, Theresa Anderson, Urban Institute |
| Source: | Urban Institute. 2025. |
| Availability: | Urban Institute. 2100 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20037. Tel: 202-261-5687; Fax: 202-467-5775; Web site: http://www.urban.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 15 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | ECMC Foundation Lumina Foundation |
| Intended Audience: | Policymakers; Practitioners |
| Document Type: | Guides - General |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Student Characteristics, Child Rearing, Student Responsibility, Educational Attainment, Parents, Educational Policy, Educational Legislation, State Legislation, Data Collection, College Role, Methods, Student Records, Parent Responsibility, College Students |
| Geographic Terms: | California, Illinois, Oregon |
| Abstract: | Nationally, students who are parents (known as parenting students or student parents) make up nearly 1 in 5 undergraduates. Though they earn similar grades to non-parenting students on average, student parents are much less likely to complete college credentials, even when controlling for personal characteristics and institution type. There is a growing state-level policy movement to require colleges to track students' parenting status to understand their outcomes and to design policies and practices that promote their success. This brief compiles insights from the Data-to-Action (D2A) Campaign for Parenting Students and provides improved recommendations for how colleges can collect parenting status data, building on an earlier version of this work with new insights. This brief recommends how to ask about parenting status, how to collect data, important considerations, known challenges, and real-world examples of colleges' approaches to data collection and usage. This brief emphasizes the technical aspects of gathering quality data, but such data should always be used to support student success--see the D2A project page for resources on how to do so. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | ED677447 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Nationally, students who are parents (known as parenting students or student parents) make up nearly 1 in 5 undergraduates. Though they earn similar grades to non-parenting students on average, student parents are much less likely to complete college credentials, even when controlling for personal characteristics and institution type. There is a growing state-level policy movement to require colleges to track students' parenting status to understand their outcomes and to design policies and practices that promote their success. This brief compiles insights from the Data-to-Action (D2A) Campaign for Parenting Students and provides improved recommendations for how colleges can collect parenting status data, building on an earlier version of this work with new insights. This brief recommends how to ask about parenting status, how to collect data, important considerations, known challenges, and real-world examples of colleges' approaches to data collection and usage. This brief emphasizes the technical aspects of gathering quality data, but such data should always be used to support student success--see the D2A project page for resources on how to do so. |
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