Helping Student Parents Thrive in an Era of Unpredictable Federal Aid How higher ed leaders are supporting student parents amid precarious federal support.

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#ParentingStudents
#StudentsWithDependents
#StudentParents
#HigherEd
#CCAMPIS

Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.

By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social

This could be very helpful to educators

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.

We'll let their words speak for themselves.

these professions also lean more toward women. and restricting loans so that it's more difficult to enter into the profession.

yes! felt a slow rumble in SLO.

Congrats to Cal Poly on the #FamilyU Seal Designation for Dedication to Serving Student Parents.

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#StudentParents
#ParentingStudents
#HigherEd

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

“if the administration succeeds in its plans to cut the 2026 federal science budget to $154 billion from $198 billion — a 25 percent reduction — it would represent the smallest amount that the federal government has spent on science in this century”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Commentary: Beyond Visibility: Using Student Parent Narratives to Enhance Data Collection.
#ParentingStudents #StudentParents #HigherEd
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"From campus struggles to statewide change"
@stanfordeducation.bsky.social
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Check out the public event and related resources:
Lessons on Collecting Data and Driving Change to Support Student Parent Success.
@urbaninstitute.bsky.social
#ParentingStudents #StudentParents #HigherEd
www.urban.org/events/lesso...

Will be on campus for homecoming weekend!
ed.stanford.edu/news/three-g...?

📣California Student Parent Summit 2025 at Cal Poly-SLO. Join us for our session: Cal State Student Parents: A Longitudinal Look at Systemwide Collaboration and Innovation.
🗓️ September 9-10, 2025
🔗Learn More: bit.ly/CASPS2025
#StudentParentSuccess
#HigherEd
#MultiGenerationalOutcomes
#StudentParents

Congrats!!!!! So happy for you!!!

New infographic highlights Cal Poly’s students with dependents - Mustang News Discover the challenges faced by college students with dependents and how Cal Poly is working to provide support and resources.

Some recent work from our team at Cal Poly-SLO. Solid Mustang News coverage of our efforts. Lots of implications of what the visibility of data means for #StudentParents as we move into the sustainability & growth stage of our work in #HigherEd
mustangnews.net/cal-poly-stu...

🎓 Supporting #StudentParents Across California’s Campuses w/ #AB2458
June 10, 2 pm, How UC is expanding support
June 18, 11 am, How CalStates are rolling out new policies
castudentparentalliance.org/events/
#HigherEd #UC #CalState #ParentingStudents #StudentsWithDependents #FinancialAid #GAINSAct

Trump asks Supreme Court to green light Education Department firings The administration insisted that the proposed, wide-ranging reductions in force target “inefficiency” and are not an attempt to kneecap the agency.

Friday news drop (of course).
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

the appeal (linked in article): www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

CSU Launches Pregnant and Parenting Students Initiative With Support from Michelson 20MM Foundation | CSU ​Building on previous work, the initiative aims to empower CSUs to share best practices for supporting students with dependents.

Proud to be part of this effort at the #CalState. So appreciative of the leadership at the chancellor's office to support students and their families toward #MultiGenerationalOutcomes
www.calstate.edu/csu-system/n...
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#HigherEd
#ParentingStudents
#StudentsWithDependents

Why did university police chase a student and his baby across a graduation stage? Jean Paul Al Arab and his 6-month-old led police on a brief foot chase during a University at Buffalo ceremony. The school said the grad violated rules about who can participate in the commencement.

www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...

Letter to the Editor: Invisible no more, the untold stories of student parents - Mustang News Discover the resilience and dedication of student parents on college campuses. Their stories highlight the urgent need for greater support and recognition.

Authored by one of my former student research assistants for #StudentParentJoy
#MultiGenerationalOutcomes
#HigherEd
#ParentingStudents #StudentsWithDependents
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Congrats!!!!

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📊 Better Data=Better Policy
#TheImpactProject is an incredible interactive resource that offers objective, transparent, & open-source data to help us understand & act on how recent federal events (across multiple sectors) affect local communities.
🔗 theimpactproject.org/the-impact-m...
#OpenData

💡 Excellent tool to see what your state could lose in 💵 & projected job loss from Education Law Center.
Search by state: Title I, IDEA, Impact Aid & other funding
Screenshot of funding and job loss estimates if Title I is cut at 100% for CA.
🔗 edlawcenter.org/research/tru...

Thank you.

An executive order is not a law.

Dismantling the Department of Education requires an act of Congress.

Rinse. Repeat.

Attorney General Bonta Files Lawsuit Challenging Termination of K-12 Teacher Preparation Pipeline Grants Grant funding with a total value of at least $148 million at stake for California programs that address state’s ongoing teacher shortage LOS ANGELES – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, lead...

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Protect funding for teacher education prep programs. Investments in our educational infrastructure seeds and grows our future.
Thank you to AACTE to standing up for education.
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Peace Corps Week! The regional recruiter had a chance to present at the local Board of Supervisors meeting and celebrated Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) in San Luis Obispo County.
I 💗 my time as a #PeaceCorps volunteer in Ghana as a secondary science teacher!