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Ascend’s Postsecondary Success for Parents (PSP)– Leadership Circle

Ascend at the Aspen Institute’s PSP Leadership Circle consists of 20 college and university leaders who are implementing innovative strategies to better support parenting students on their campuses.  Each campus utilized the Family Friendly Campus Toolkit to collect authentic, on the ground data about their students, in order to inform campus-specific strategies and needs.  Ascend released the Postsecondary Playbook in 2023, outlining a set of 5 promising practices they recommend to meet the needs of this unique and often overlooked student population. 

You can read more about their work, the practices, and download the entire Playbook at:

https://ascend.aspeninstitute.org/leadership-circle-playbook/