The Aspen Institute | Black and Native Family Futures Fund: Important Supports for Student Parents @aspeninstitute | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 22 hours ago.
Discover what student parents need to feel supported on college and university campuses. Quadarius Wade, a student parent at North Carolina A&T State University discusses the impact professors make on the student parent experience. North Carolina A&T State University is one of eight partners that participated in Ascend at the Aspen Institute’s Black and Native Family Futures Fund. Building on learnings from “Tapping the Talent of Student Parents: A Playbook for Postsecondary Leaders,” the Fund was designed to increase student parent access and success at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs). Learn more about the partner HBCUs and TCUs: ascend.aspeninstitute.org/group/black-and-native-family-futures-fund Read learnings from Senior Program Manager Jennifer Pocai: ascend.aspeninstitute.org/group/black-and-native-family-futures-fund Download Ascend’s playbook for postsecondary leaders: ascend.aspeninstitute.org/resources/tapping-the-talent-of-student-parents-a-playbook-f or-postsecondary-leaders/