Student-parents share their experiences with Montgomery College President

Student-parents are a highly invisible population due to colleges not systematically identifying and collecting data on this student population. Although they tend to have high dropout rates, they are highly incentivized to pursue postsecondary education and have higher GPAs than non-parenting students. In recent years, MC has begun focusing on student-parents for several reasons. First, it's an equity issue. Second, student-parents overlap with other vulnerable populations such as first gen. Third, student-parents impact college enrollment and retention.

Through the Ascend Parent Initiative, Montgomery College is working closely with organizations like Generation Hope and Ascend at the Aspen Institute to identify our student-parents at MC and collect data on these students so that we can learn more about how to best support and improve outcomes for our parenting students.

This program is another example that shows how committed MC is to learning about the experience of student-parents and how MC can continue to make a difference in their lives. In this episode of the Student-Parent Experience at MC, Dr. Jermaine F. Williams sat with four parenting students to hear their stories and experiences. Ja'Bette Lozupone, director of Student Affairs, moderated the conversation.

To learn more about the work that the College is doing go to https://bit.ly/mc-ascend-y
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