Program Impact
This is the number of years the FamilyU program supports participating institutions.
What is two years?
This percentage of college students nationally are parenting
This percentage of college students nationally are parenting
This value guides the Learning and Innovation Team’s approach to institutional partnerships.
What is equity?
This is the title of student parents selected to share insights and shape the FamilyU program.
What is FamilyU Fellow?
Each FamilyU institution is paired with one of these to provide consistent support and guidance.
What is a FamilyU Coach?
This is the most common type of parenting student in higher education (by gender).
What is student mother?
The Learning and Innovation Team brings this combined number of years of experience in higher ed and student success
What is over 50 years?
Fellows contribute to program design by doing this with campus partners and FamilyU staff.
What is co-designing solutions or giving feedback?
This framework underpins FamilyU’s approach to institutional transformation.
What is the FamilyU Theory of Change or equity-centered institutional change?
Parenting students are more likely to belong to this racial/ethnic group compared to their non-parenting peers.
What is Black or Latinx?
This member of the Learning and Innovation Team that work with the 75% of our HBCU institution members
Trasi Watson, Director of Learning and Innovation
Fellows participate in this structured opportunity to influence policy and practice
What is the FamilyU Student Parent Fellow Program?
DAILY DOUBLE:
This metric improved across all FamilyU institutions as a result of increased student parent supports.
What is retention rate
These three pillars define the FamilyU model.
What are data, people, culture, policy
This national graduation rate for student parents lags significantly behind their non-parenting peers
What is less than 40%?
The Learning and Innovation Team leads this annual offering to share best practices among institutions.
What is the FamilyU Learning Series or Annual Convening?
Fellows receive training in this area to enhance their advocacy skills.
What is storytelling or policy advocacy?
This deliverable, required at the end of the program, captures each institution’s long-term strategy for supporting student parents.
What is a sustainability plan?
Only this percentage of institutions track whether their students are parents.
What is about 50%?
The team integrates these two strategies to ensure transformation is sustainable.
What are technical assistance and capacity-building?
This is one measurable outcome of student fellow participation in FamilyU.
What is increased leadership capacity or contribution to campus change recommendations?