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Human services and postsecondary education share an important goal of helping individuals build stability and move toward economic self-sufficiency—yet public…

This report explores how rural-serving institutions (RSIs) currently support parenting students and identifies opportunities to strengthen student success. Drawing on student support examples from RSIs across the country, we offer recommendations for federal policymakers to expand effective interventions that support parenting students’ ability to complete a credential. 

This report, developed as part of TICAS’ Rural Reconnect Initiative, examines systemic reforms that state policymakers can advance to strengthen re-enrollment pathways for rural adult learners in the South and Southwest, drawing on a set of state case studies of Alabama and New Mexico that illustrate both promising practices and persistent challenges.  

This guide, created as part of the TICAS Rural Reconnect Initiative, outlines five promising strategies that emerged from the initiative and provides practice-based examples that colleges can use at various stages of their rural reengagement efforts.  

This brief synthesizes our recommendations from the TICAS Rural Reconnect Initiative for institutional, state, and federal policymakers to allow rural students with SCNC to complete their credentials and achieve economic mobility.  

Recognizing that degree completion can increase economic mobility and long-term self-sufficiency, our new brief offers strategies for states and institutions to minimize coverage losses from Medicaid work requirements and allow students to focus on their studies, not their health coverage.