Research & Reports
Generation Hope offers resources to help you support and graduate more parenting students, effectively work with young parents, and provide holistic two-generation services to both parent and child.
Our research and reports aim to assist educators, advocates, lawmakers, and parents in eliminating barriers to opportunity and in closing achievement gaps for a population that is often invisible in the education space.
June 2024
EmpowerED Dads: Amplifying Voices, Advancing Higher Education for Student Fathers
"EmpowerED Dads: Amplifying Voices, Advancing Higher Education for Student Fathers” uncovers the unique experiences of student fathers pursuing higher education. Student fathers have a lot to say about their experiences and what empowers them, and we listened.
October 2023
Student Parents and Intimate Partner Violence
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month - a time to acknowledge survivors and be a voice for victims. "Student Parents and Intimate Partner Violence" highlights student parents' experiences with intimate partner violence (IPV). Informed by more than a decade of working with our Scholars, we highlight important research and advocate for higher education leaders and policymakers to invest in solutions that keep students safe and help families thrive.
September 2023
On a Journey for Families: Lessons Learned from Colleges Investing in Student Parents
“On a Journey for Families: Lessons Learned from Colleges Investing in Student Parents” offers insights and takeaways from our 2021-2023 FamilyU Cohort, an offering in our technical assistance program. The report outlines how the FamilyU Cohort enhanced student parent work at each of the four participating institutions, impacting approximately 25,000 student parents across their campuses.
March 2023
The Child Care Barrier: The Impacts of Inaccessible and Costly Child Care for Student Parents
“The Child Care Barrier: The Impacts of Inaccessible and Costly Child Care for Student Parents” explores the complicated waters student parents navigate in order to pursue higher education while simultaneously caring for themselves and their families. Our findings clearly demonstrate the unaddressed caregiving needs and important experiences of student parents, especially those in the D.C. region.
September 2022
Higher Together: The Impact of a College Degree for Young Parents
This report shares the post-college experiences of Generation Hope’s alumni, who were all teen parents working toward their Associate’s and Bachelor’s degrees. Generation Hope alumni were a part of the larger student parent population that makes up 1 in 5 undergraduate college students nationwide. The organization’s Scholar Program has helped teen parents complete college by providing direct support, such as mentoring, tuition assistance, a peer community, and other vital services, addressing their immediate and long-term needs.
January 2022
Next Generation Academy Impact Report
In 2018 Generation Hope launched our early childhood program pilot, Next Generation Academy, to further cement our commitment to being a two-generation model for young families to experience economic mobility. This report aims to help community, education, and philanthropic leaders further understand Next Generation Academy services, our lessons learned, and the outcomes produced over the last three years.
November 2021
Higher Education and Student Parent Supports: Barriers, Challenges, and Opportunities
This report presents the findings from four focus group sessions held with student parents, philanthropy, and higher education representatives, including college presidents, professors, and administrative staff, from across the United States. These conversations helped to inform the programming and supports provided by Generation Hope’s new technical assistance program called FamilyU, which includes a two-year cohort for higher education institutions to enhance their student parent work. The report identifies the top three barriers to student parent success in college from the perspectives of both higher education leaders and student parents themselves.
September 2020
2020/2021 Higher Ed Toolkit for Supporting Student Parents
As higher education tries to retain students through the COVID-19 pandemic, this toolkit provides institutions with tangible steps that they can take to ensure they are addressing the unique needs of parenting students.
Across the country, student parents face structural and systemic barriers to completing college. This study explores how they are experiencing these many barriers and provides insights on what institutions can do about them.
Higher Ed & Student Parents Webinar
(November 2021)
1 in 5 of today's college students is parenting. And yet, despite having higher GPAs than their peers without dependents, 52% of undergraduate student parents left school without a degree within six years, compared to 32% of students without children.
Webinar learning objectives:
Understand the student parent population nationally
Identify challenges and opportunities to support student parents
Learn about the tools and resources to better support student parents on your campus