Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Support for Single Parents Could Increase College Success

Hillary Clinton is advocating a nationwide scholarship program for single parents called SPARK, which would provide up to $1,500 per year per student to help offset expenses like child care and transportation.

Inside Higher Ed reports that Student Parents in America Raising Kids is a massive scaling up of an Arkansas program Clinton helped launch as the state’s first lady — that program has awarded 40,000 scholarships, and, in 2014, 86% of recipients either graduated or persisted.

To continue reading article at Inside Higher Ed.

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