Team

Lauren Tighe takes on new role as Co-director of NU2GEN and Research Assistant Professor at IPR.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funding

Sommer, Tighe, and Sabol received funding from the Administration for Children and Families to explore the role of childcare on the success of student parents in the HPOG 2.0 program.

Sommer and Tighe, in partnership with Mesmin Destin, received funding from the ECMC Foundation to design and study strategies to promote college identify, belonging, and leadership among parents on college campuses. The core focus is to support parents and their children in understanding their background-specific strengths and how they are assets to their schools and community. The initiative will also help foster: (a) peer connection among student parents, (b) faculty engagement with curricula tailored to student parent interests and needs, and (c) institutional policies that advance the educational and life success of student parents and their children.

Sommer and Tighe also received a companion grant from the Michelson 20MM Foundation to develop this College Belonging and Connection for Families Initiative in California.

 

 

 

 

Publications